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IBM Promised Domestic Jobs, But is Firing Thousands of US Workers and Moving Some Jobs Overseas (siliconbeat.com)

Posted by msmash on from the what's-happening dept.

As companies fall all over themselves to hype creation of U.S. jobs, IBM is catching flak for promising thousands of new ones while firing folks right and left. From a report: Company CEO Ginni Rometty said in a December USA Today op-ed that her firm would hire 25,000 people for U.S. positions in the next four years, 6,000 of them this year. "She didn't mention that International Business Machines Corp. was also firing workers and sending many of the jobs overseas," reports Bloomberg. Big Blue wrapped up its third round of 2016 firings -- or "resource actions" in IBM HR parlance -- in late November, and job losses for the year likely totaled in the thousands, current and former employees told Bloomberg. Many of the jobs were shipped to Asia and Eastern Europe, and the firings have continued into this year, employees said.

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  1. Trump! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Another Trump victory! All hail the chief!

    1. Re:Trump! by jebrick · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Another Trump victory! All hail the chief!

      Companies are adjusting their PR to give Trump apparent wins so he will lay off of them. Ford did the same thing. Both companies have had their plans set for a year or more but the PR changes. Yes IBM is hiring American workers in place A and yes they are laying off more American workers in place B to expand over seas.

    2. Re:Trump! by tobiasly · · Score: 5, Funny

      Another Trump victory! All hail the chief!

      I'm sure it's all just a misunderstanding about the facts; job size numbers are very difficult to estimate accurately. I expect him to send out a tweet any minute now to clear it all up.

  2. Re:It's more than putting jobs where the money is by Thud457 · · Score: 5, Funny
    ob:

    two lions escape from the zoo, split up to increase their chances but agreed to meet after 2 months.
    When they finally meet, one is skinny and the other overweight.
    The thin one says: "How did you manage? I ate a human just once and they turned out a small army to chase me â" guns, nets, it was terrible. Since then Iâ(TM)ve been reduced to eating mice, insects, even grass."
    The fat one replies: "Well, *I* hid near an IBM office and ate a manager a day. And nobody even noticed!"

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    the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  3. IBM is MAKING NEW JOBS in the US by Overzeetop · · Score: 5, Funny

    Last year they had only 422,000 jobs in the US, but this year they will be increasing that to 397,000 jobs! It's a win for everyone - more jobs, more cost savings, and 397,000 US jobs. How can you possibly argue with that?

    Oh, and chocolate rations are going up again, too.

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    Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?