Submission + - IBM on its way to cutting 12,000 US jobs
threc writes: "July 22nd of last year a rumor started that IBM was planning to move jobs overseas. On May 4th, 7th and the 13th of this year, Slashdot mused about the possible exodus of 12,000 IBM US jobs. On May 30th the rumors, more or less, came true.
"International Business Machines Corp., the world's largest computer-services company, cut about 1,570 jobs mainly in its technology services unit..."
According to Lee Conrad, head of AllianceIBM, this is the low number.
"Information from within the company, retrieved by Conrad and others, points to 1,000 layoffs in IBM's Server Division, 700 in its Software Group, 100 in its Global Financing unit, 360 at corporate headquarters, 300 in its Storage division and more than 2,000 in the company's largest single unit, IBM Global Services."
Tallied up, in May alone, IBM fired nearly 5000 US workers and industry experts expect more layoffs."
"International Business Machines Corp., the world's largest computer-services company, cut about 1,570 jobs mainly in its technology services unit..."
According to Lee Conrad, head of AllianceIBM, this is the low number.
"Information from within the company, retrieved by Conrad and others, points to 1,000 layoffs in IBM's Server Division, 700 in its Software Group, 100 in its Global Financing unit, 360 at corporate headquarters, 300 in its Storage division and more than 2,000 in the company's largest single unit, IBM Global Services."
Tallied up, in May alone, IBM fired nearly 5000 US workers and industry experts expect more layoffs."
