Reply to post: @Mpeler Re: The good people

IBM could have made almost all the voluntary redundancies it needed

Ian Michael Gumby
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@Mpeler Re: The good people

Not all of the 'good' people have left.

IBM UK could have almost filled its quota for voluntary redundancies in the Technical Services Support division given the number of folk that had put their hands up to leave, but will make some compulsory cuts instead.

Translation:

Many of those willing to take voluntary redundancies had the skills that IBM wants/needs and could get jobs elsewhere. Its the staff which don't have marketable skills who didn't want to take the redundancy were the ones who they wanted to RIF. IBM wants to clear out the dead wood and doesn't want to lose skilled staff that they still need.

Not every customer will want to hire IBM because of the lesser skilled and lower paid offshore work. Here in the US, India is roughly 12 hours out of sync. So its their night when its our day. Want to discuss something? Its either a 5-7am call or its a 9-11pm call so there's a delay unless the staff enjoys working nights.

So its a downward and death spiral unless IBM can offer them something that they can't get from the offshore companies like Tata, etc ...

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