IBM Laying off North America - Outsourcing the jobs
Here goes IBM again. CNET is reporting IBM quietly lays off North American staff:
BM has been quietly laying off workers in its North American offices since Wednesday, according to numerous reports online.
IBM has not made any formal announcements yet, but IBM Director of Corporate Media Relations Doug Shelton confirmed to CNET News on Saturday that some employees were notified on January 21 that their jobs were being cut. The company would not say how many people had been laid off or in what facilities or departments those cuts were made.
Speculation about those details are rampant online. So far, more than 2,800 employees have been laid off from IBM's software, and sales and distribution divisions, according to Alliance@IBM, a Communications Workers of America affiliate attempting to organize IBM workers into a union. Comments on the Alliance@IBM Web site indicate that cuts have already been made in Toronto. And a spokesman for IBM Canada confirmed on Friday that IBM is in the process of laying off employees, some of whom were in the Canadian offices, according to ComputerWorld Canada.
2,800 people I thought was required to be reported to the DOL as a major layoff. Of course IBM is hiring in India and China.
Big Blue, the last American Icon?
I was one of the longterm contractors to be laid off last Aug. Entire depts. dried up and early retirements were being suggested/enforced. Many of the regulars were long time employees. IBM took full advantage of Indian HIB visa workers.
IBM is a great American company and I am so disappointed to see it go the way of the cheapest labor and lose its commitment to community.
welcome!
It is truly sad, what they have done to that company. I can mention it seems to me the quality is going right along with it. Same with HP.
That's something that rarely gets written, but it sure seems those real, beyond belief innovations have gone wayside.
I hope you tell others about this site. The idea is to get technical Professionals to talk to each other and try to save this field, which is going to the dogs as well as save our careers.