Perspectives On the Latest IBM Layoffs

Posted by timothy on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @02:07AM from the still-biggish-blue dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After IBM reported disappointing Q1 earnings in March, to nobody's surprise, layoffs (RAs or 'Resource Actions' in IBM parlance) were announced two months later; June 12 seemed to be when most of the pink slips were handed out. While this is hardly a novel occurrence at IBM, this time the RA'd employee water cooler page is now open for everyone's inspection, and Cringely let loose with some predictable I-told-you-so's about financially oriented IBM senior management. Dan Burger at IT Jungle has a more numbers-oriented take on the latest round of layoffs."

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There are still Americans at IBM? by ebno-10db · 2013-06-25 03:03 · Score: 4, Funny

I wasn't aware that IBM had any American employees left to layoff, unless the CEO fired herself.
Re:It's not the layoffs by Hognoxious · 2013-06-25 03:50 · Score: 4, Funny

You sir can do the needful, and if you are not liking the same then jolly tough cheese isn't it old boy?

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Re:It's not the layoffs by Anonymous Coward · 2013-06-25 05:16 · Score: 3, Funny

What we need to do is start outsourcing executives. How much skill does it take to play golf and schmooze?