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Lowe's To Lay Off About 125 Workers, Move Jobs To India (go.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report: Home improvement retailer Lowe's says it's laying off approximately 125 information technology workers, the third round of job cuts this year. Chief Information Officer Paul Ramsay said in a memo that the affected workers were notified Wednesday. He said the Mooresville, North Carolina-based company has spent the last several years planning a strategic IT workforce team to respond better in what he called "this highly competitive 24/7 retail environment." Some of the jobs will be relocated to Bangalore, India.

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  1. Just another company that won't get my business by Nunya666 · · Score: 4, Informative

    I guess I'll add Lowe's to the growing list of companies that won't get any of my business because they've fscked over their IT departments:

    Toys-R-Us
    Disney
    Carnival Cruise Lines
    And now Lowe's