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.
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