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IBM is offering staff voluntary redundancy just two days into the consultation period. The discussion period began 23 February and IBM yesterday announced a "voluntary separation programme". The offer is to UK staff at IBM's Global Services Delivery. They have until 8 March to express interest in leaving Big Blue. Managers …

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  1. ShaggyDoggy

    CTPO

    Ah those were the days, back in the 80's, the old "Career Transition Programme"

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  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Not to mention ..

    FAP - the Financial Assistance Program for IBM US employees ..

    SIP - the Separation Incentive Plan ..

    I took the package in 2005, and thank &deity. that I did. It actually hurts me that the writer of the article thinks that only now are the cuts hitting muscle; they have been losing genuinely talented people since the 90s.

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  3. Disco-Legend-Zeke
    Pint

    I would comment...

    ...but IBM says it would be inappropriate.

    beer, etc.

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  4. Anonymous Coward
    FAIL

    trust and personal responsibility in all relationships?

    in the same breath as announcing record profits they cast their talent onto the street ...

    here is the mob that can't manage single sign-on but have mastered the art of single sign-off :-)

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  5. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Many redundancies across IBM

    According to the Alliance website, there are many redundancies across IBM US today:

    http://www.endicottalliance.org/jobcutsreports.php

    and also reports of redundancies in IBM Australia. In IBM UK, the 'Redundancy by Stealth' programme from last year is still not complete, with 800+ employees being forced into early retirement without compensation. See the debate in the UK Parliament for details:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_8452000/8452051.stm

    with the transcript at:

    http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmhansrd/cm100113/halltext/100113h0010.htm#10011364000002

    And yet another redundancy programme (forced and voluntary) has been started.

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  6. Anonymous Coward
    FAIL

    Ireland too

    but we're not supposed to talk about it...

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  7. Anonymous Coward
    WTF?

    Pay out

    3 Months and a week for every year worked

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