IBM Corp. revealed that it is slashing about 15,600 workers, or about 5% of its total work force, according to a Nando Times article. The announcement was not made public, but rather disclosed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. Employees that were laid off were notified during the second quarter, which ended June 30. IBM blamed the layoffs on "the recent decline in corporate spending on technology services".
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Apparently making chips for Apple is a kiss of death? First Moto, and now this...
this is primarily their services division..
Is there one computer company that didn't have to slack employees lately? It's just that IBM is a very very big computer company. Don't worry, we'll have our G5!
Don't worry, we'll have our G5!
Sure, but that'll be in 5 years, and it'll be only 2GHz, when Intel and AMD will be at 60GHz. And it'll probably have some of that new-fangled stuff in there, like RDram, 200MHz bus, USB2, Firewire 1.5, AGP 8x, and....oh, sorry, don't know what came over me. Reading all the whining about yesterday's machines must be getting to me...
That is only 4% of their workforce. Probably redundant positions.
Who would want RDRAM?
Some PC bozo only.
G5 whiners apply at the Gateway counter for your cow.
Why would they buy another service company if they are losing money with the one they have?
If you want more info on this or the possibly G5, just ask Sam Palmisano, the President and CEO of IBM.
sam@us.ibm.com
ext phone 1-914-499-5900
fax 1-914-499-5904
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