If IBM did not make the cuts, the exempt employees who aren't getting reclassified would be the ones up in arms since their effective wage would go down in comparison. They had two ways of going: tick off the non-exempt or tick off the exempt. Since the non-exempt are the smaller group, it's easy enough to go that direction.
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If IBM did not make the cuts, the exempt employees who aren't getting reclassified would be the ones up in arms since their effective wage would go down in comparison. They had two ways of going: tick off the non-exempt or tick off the exempt. Since the non-exempt are the smaller group, it's easy enough to go that direction.