IBM Firing More U.S. Workers, Moving More Work To India

[girl gone mad]

IBM Firing More U.S. Workers, Moving More Work To India
http://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-firing-more-us-workers-moving-more-work-to-india-2009-3


More cuts at IBM: The IT giant is preparing to lay off "a large number" of U.S. employees in its business services unit, according to the WSJ. The work of "many" of those employees will be transfered to India.

IBM is actually doing pretty well: It grew earnings in Q4, unlike many of its tech peers. The company is also considering a $6.5 billion to $8 billion bid for Sun Microsystems (JAVA), the WSJ says.

[notadmblnd]

1. I was talking to a guy the other day that owns a local smoke shoppe

he's from India. We were talking about not being able to find a job here and he said to me "you should go to India, it's very cheap to live there." I look at him and asked him why he wasn't there? Needless to say, I didn't get an answer.

[cascadiance]

2. I hope that doesn't mean that Sun's going to be "savaged" later...

... if and when IBM closes the sale with them. Still have a lot of friends that work there from the days I worked there.

[ChromeFoundry]

3. Then India can add to the bailout funds...

Sam Palmisano: IBM CEO begs Obama for bailout

http://gawker.com/5078804/ibm-ceo-begs-obama-for-bailout