Where the Layoffs Are—Is Your Firm on the List?

[Coronita]

[quote=SD Transplant]IBM confirmed more or less about 4,600 layoffs….here are some details:

“Technology giant IBM is resorting to “scattered layoffs” and the total could be nearly 4,600 employees in North America even though the company has reported surprisingly strong quarterly profits in January, a media report says.
“Big companies also routinely carry out scattered layoffs that are small enough to stay under the radar… And IBM is one such company,” the New York Times said.
Interestingly, after reporting strong quarterly profits in January, its Chief Executive Samuel J Palmisano in an e-mail message to employees said that while other companies were reducing jobs, his company would not. “Most importantly, we will invest in our people,” he wrote.
But the next day, the New York Times said, “More than 1,400 employees in IBM’s sales and distribution division in the United States and Canada were told their jobs would be eliminated in a month. More cuts followed, and overall, IBM has told about 4,600 North American employees in recent weeks that their jobs are vanishing.”
Quoting J Randall MacDonald, IBM’s senior vice-president for human resources, the newspaper said, “It was routine for the company to lay off some employees while hiring elsewhere.”

[/quote]

Fortunately, IBM doesn’t really have a significant presence in SD, short of some Sales Engineer and Consultants.

[SD Transplant]

I guess it’s confirmed.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — IBM Corp. plans to lay off about 5,000 U.S. employees in a new round of job cuts, The Associated Press has learned.

An IBM manager knowledgeable about the plans says the cuts will come from the services division and workers will be informed Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the plan publicly.

The layoffs were reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal.

This represents about 4 percent of IBM’s U.S.-based work force, which totaled 115,000 at the end of 2008.

IBM has about 400,000 employees worldwide and is aggressively shifting labor to lower-cost regions like India.

[SD Transplant]

I guess it’s confirmed.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — IBM Corp. plans to lay off about 5,000 U.S. employees in a new round of job cuts, The Associated Press has learned.

An IBM manager knowledgeable about the plans says the cuts will come from the services division and workers will be informed Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the plan publicly.

The layoffs were reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal.

This represents about 4 percent of IBM’s U.S.-based work force, which totaled 115,000 at the end of 2008.

IBM has about 400,000 employees worldwide and is aggressively shifting labor to lower-cost regions like India.

[SD Transplant]

I guess it’s confirmed.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — IBM Corp. plans to lay off about 5,000 U.S. employees in a new round of job cuts, The Associated Press has learned.

An IBM manager knowledgeable about the plans says the cuts will come from the services division and workers will be informed Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the plan publicly.

The layoffs were reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal.

This represents about 4 percent of IBM’s U.S.-based work force, which totaled 115,000 at the end of 2008.

IBM has about 400,000 employees worldwide and is aggressively shifting labor to lower-cost regions like India.

[SD Transplant]

I guess it’s confirmed.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — IBM Corp. plans to lay off about 5,000 U.S. employees in a new round of job cuts, The Associated Press has learned.

An IBM manager knowledgeable about the plans says the cuts will come from the services division and workers will be informed Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the plan publicly.

The layoffs were reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal.

This represents about 4 percent of IBM’s U.S.-based work force, which totaled 115,000 at the end of 2008.

IBM has about 400,000 employees worldwide and is aggressively shifting labor to lower-cost regions like India.

[SD Transplant]

I guess it’s confirmed.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — IBM Corp. plans to lay off about 5,000 U.S. employees in a new round of job cuts, The Associated Press has learned.

An IBM manager knowledgeable about the plans says the cuts will come from the services division and workers will be informed Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the plan publicly.

The layoffs were reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal.

This represents about 4 percent of IBM’s U.S.-based work force, which totaled 115,000 at the end of 2008.

IBM has about 400,000 employees worldwide and is aggressively shifting labor to lower-cost regions like India.

[davelj]

I’m no expert on IBM by a long shot, but I’ve got a friend here in SD that works for IBM and I swear I’d be absolutely shocked if he’s worked more than an average of 10 hours a week for the last five years. He’s in sales, “works” from home, and does as close to nothing as I’ve ever seen a professional do. I think his base is around $125K and he’s made as much as $250K with bonuses and whatnot. I really like the guy – he’s a close friend – and he’ll tell you straight up that he doesn’t do shit. But it makes me wonder about what kind of controls IBM has in place and how much fat is out there. And he’s managed to survive the last couple of rounds of layoffs (although each time he’s a little concerned). Anyhow, just kind of interesting.

[davelj]

I’m no expert on IBM by a long shot, but I’ve got a friend here in SD that works for IBM and I swear I’d be absolutely shocked if he’s worked more than an average of 10 hours a week for the last five years. He’s in sales, “works” from home, and does as close to nothing as I’ve ever seen a professional do. I think his base is around $125K and he’s made as much as $250K with bonuses and whatnot. I really like the guy – he’s a close friend – and he’ll tell you straight up that he doesn’t do shit. But it makes me wonder about what kind of controls IBM has in place and how much fat is out there. And he’s managed to survive the last couple of rounds of layoffs (although each time he’s a little concerned). Anyhow, just kind of interesting.

[davelj]

I’m no expert on IBM by a long shot, but I’ve got a friend here in SD that works for IBM and I swear I’d be absolutely shocked if he’s worked more than an average of 10 hours a week for the last five years. He’s in sales, “works” from home, and does as close to nothing as I’ve ever seen a professional do. I think his base is around $125K and he’s made as much as $250K with bonuses and whatnot. I really like the guy – he’s a close friend – and he’ll tell you straight up that he doesn’t do shit. But it makes me wonder about what kind of controls IBM has in place and how much fat is out there. And he’s managed to survive the last couple of rounds of layoffs (although each time he’s a little concerned). Anyhow, just kind of interesting.

[davelj]

I’m no expert on IBM by a long shot, but I’ve got a friend here in SD that works for IBM and I swear I’d be absolutely shocked if he’s worked more than an average of 10 hours a week for the last five years. He’s in sales, “works” from home, and does as close to nothing as I’ve ever seen a professional do. I think his base is around $125K and he’s made as much as $250K with bonuses and whatnot. I really like the guy – he’s a close friend – and he’ll tell you straight up that he doesn’t do shit. But it makes me wonder about what kind of controls IBM has in place and how much fat is out there. And he’s managed to survive the last couple of rounds of layoffs (although each time he’s a little concerned). Anyhow, just kind of interesting.

[davelj]

I’m no expert on IBM by a long shot, but I’ve got a friend here in SD that works for IBM and I swear I’d be absolutely shocked if he’s worked more than an average of 10 hours a week for the last five years. He’s in sales, “works” from home, and does as close to nothing as I’ve ever seen a professional do. I think his base is around $125K and he’s made as much as $250K with bonuses and whatnot. I really like the guy – he’s a close friend – and he’ll tell you straight up that he doesn’t do shit. But it makes me wonder about what kind of controls IBM has in place and how much fat is out there. And he’s managed to survive the last couple of rounds of layoffs (although each time he’s a little concerned). Anyhow, just kind of interesting.

[enron_by_the_sea]

Adding couple of small local EE-Comm employers to the layoff list

(a)Entropic cuts 55
http://tinyurl.com/dd52ev

(b)Pulse~link lays off 40+
http://tinyurl.com/cup6ar

[enron_by_the_sea]

Adding couple of small local EE-Comm employers to the layoff list

(a)Entropic cuts 55
http://tinyurl.com/dd52ev

(b)Pulse~link lays off 40+
http://tinyurl.com/cup6ar

[enron_by_the_sea]

Adding couple of small local EE-Comm employers to the layoff list

(a)Entropic cuts 55
http://tinyurl.com/dd52ev

(b)Pulse~link lays off 40+
http://tinyurl.com/cup6ar

[enron_by_the_sea]

Adding couple of small local EE-Comm employers to the layoff list

(a)Entropic cuts 55
http://tinyurl.com/dd52ev

(b)Pulse~link lays off 40+
http://tinyurl.com/cup6ar

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