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Re:IBM To Furlough Most Of Its U.S. Hardware Staff In Late A... by iends on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @07:17PM (#6169853)
IBM just have had a large series of layoffs. People have suggested IBM is trying to get more employees to quit.
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Re:IBM To Furlough Most Of Its U.S. Hardware Staff In Late A... by twistedpair on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @07:42PM (#6169946)
If you get them to leave, you don't have to pay severance. It's a typical maneuver to shake the tree before the culling.
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Re:IBM To Furlough Most Of Its U.S. Hardware Staff In Late A... by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @07:55PM (#6170001)
Not to mention Google has a better office in the city, and hires a lot of the high-end IBM talent fairly quickly as it becomes available.
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Re:IBM To Furlough Most Of Its U.S. Hardware Staff In Late A... by wmf on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @09:55PM (#6170374)
In what city? Poughkeepsie? Rochester MN? Austin?
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Re:IBM To Furlough Most Of Its U.S. Hardware Staff In Late A... by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @01:04AM (#6170962)
"The City"

As in, much of IBM's operations are still in the NYC area.

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