IBM laidoff staff to relocate to cheaper countries

TheAmit writes: Armonk-based IBM which recently gave pinkslips to above 2000 employees in the US and Canada has an `innovative' offer for them: Re-locate to cheaper destinations. In a move to support the pinkslipped employees, the world's largest technology employer has asked its laid-off employees in US and Canada to join its projects in cheaper-wage destinations like India, China, Brazil and Eastern Europe. The company has asked the laid-off staff to join IBM's new Project Match programme, which would help ex-employees to relocate in IBM's low-cost operation countries. Under the programme, the company will also be offering financial assistance with moving costs and immigration help with visa issues.