pcworld.com - 1/26/2009
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Despite releasing stronger than expected earnings on Tuesday and at the time expressing optimism for 2009, a round of job cuts is underway at IBM Corp. The week has already seen heavy layoffs in the IT sector, including 5,000 at Microsoft and another 5,000 to 6,000 at Intel. Thus far, while IBM ...
online.wsj.com - 1/22/2009
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online.wsj.com —
International Business Machines Corp. employees have informed Alliance@IBM,
an affiliate of the Communication Workers of America, that
workers at a number of locations have been told their jobs are being eliminated. Lee Conrad, national coordinator ...
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IBM Employees Report Job Cuts
online.wsj.com - 1/27/2009
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online.wsj.com —
International Business Machines Corp. sent layoff notices to
more than 2,800 people in its sales and software
groups in the U.S. last week, indicating that domestic job cuts at the technology giant may be more significant than it has signaled. The ...
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IBM Slashes 2,800 Jobs in Sales, Software Units
allianceibm.org - 1/19/2009
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allianceibm.org —
Statement of Principles: Alliance@IBM/CWA Local 1701 is an
IBM employee organization that is dedicated to preserving and
improving our rights and benefits at IBM. We also strive towards restoring management's respect for the individual and the value ...
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Alliance@IBM CWA Local 1701
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Recession roundup: Monday morning edition
Engadget —
... its handheld graphics unit, is now selling its manufacturing operations to Advanced Technology Investment. Oh, sorry, you were hoping for some genuinely good news? How about this: that loss is smaller than AMD's $1.8 billion loss from the same time last year. Now have a great day! Read - Sun confirms 1,300 layoffs Read - Sprint Nextel Plans to Cut 8,000 Jobs in Quarter Read - Several IBM employees report being laid off on Alliance@IBM Read - IBM Confirms Layoffs Read - AMD Reports $1.4 Billion Loss Filed under: Misc. ...
The Tech Jobocalypse Spreads as More Big Names Shed Jobs
Fast Company - Technology —
... shedding some 1,100 employees through natural wastage and layoffs, as well as cutting executives salaries in light of a $1.4 billion loss. And while IBM has hired around 20,000 extra people this year (with close to 400,000 people employed world-wide), the company is now shedding 2,800 jobs. Along with the thousands of high-tech jobs being lost at Motorola, Google and Seagate, it does seem the tech jobocalypse is definitively here. But not all companies are predicting a gloomy future. ...
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blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com 1/22/2009 — With the prospect of a significant job cut at Microsoft looming Thursday, we took a moment to review the occasions over the past decade or so when the company has trimmed jobs through reorganizations and other changes. While sifting through these ...
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