You guys obviously don't understand corporate decision-making!
First you cut costs by laying off the workers, and then you cut costs on the cost-cutting by falling back on the statutory minimum severance package, and then you charge the redundant employees $5 apiece for the boxes to put their stuff in , and then you turn off the heat and lights after lunch to make sure the former employees GTFO by close of business!
(Not great form, IBM. I guess that Big Blue doesn't think these jobs are ever coming back to the UK, otherwise they wouldn't be sending out the message to the broader UK tech workforce that you can work for IBM for years and when you get canned, you get the bare minimum.)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
