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Biggest corporate lay-off in history is expected within days, with IBM believed to be scrapping 110K
Daily Mail ^ | 1/26/15 | Thomas Burrows

Posted on 01/26/2015 3:41:54 PM PST by Libloather

Biggest corporate lay-off in history is expected within days, with IBM believed to be scrapping 110,000 of its 430,000 workforce around the world

IBM is preparing to scrap 110,000 of its global 430,000 workforce in the biggest corporate cull in the computer giant's history, a report has revealed.

The company will make the job cuts this week under a plan known internally as 'project chrome', according to US technology blogger Robert Cringely on Forbes website.

IBM is in the process of layoffs, as disclosed in its latest earnings report last week but said the number of job losses was significantly fewer than had been claimed.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: business; corporate; economy; history; ibm; layoffs; projectchrome; robertcringely; workforce
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1 posted on 01/26/2015 3:41:54 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Big Blue is about to become Big Pink Slip.


2 posted on 01/26/2015 3:44:34 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Libloather

Hope and change, mofo.... Each and every single o voter who gets laid off deserves Soooooooooooooooooooooo much. Suffer, you sub human pig filth c-ssers...


3 posted on 01/26/2015 3:45:15 PM PST by Doctor 2Brains
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To: Libloather

“You didn’t lay that!”


4 posted on 01/26/2015 3:45:18 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Libloather

The Lotus Notes/Domino division will somehow stay alive.


5 posted on 01/26/2015 3:45:57 PM PST by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: Libloather

....Off...


6 posted on 01/26/2015 3:46:18 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Libloather

Will still be a big company but the fact they had to lay off that many people at once suggests that the company was not being managed properly. The ones in charge should put their own names on top of this list.


7 posted on 01/26/2015 3:46:19 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: Libloather

2015 is going to be a year of reckoning.


8 posted on 01/26/2015 3:46:43 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Libloather

I’ve Been Moved.

takes on a whole new and serious meaning.


9 posted on 01/26/2015 3:46:46 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (See Ya On The Road; Al Baby's Mom!)
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To: Libloather

Wow.


10 posted on 01/26/2015 3:48:18 PM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: Libloather

Thanks liberals!


11 posted on 01/26/2015 3:49:00 PM PST by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: Libloather

So how many people does Obama need to drop out of the labor force entirely to offset this?


12 posted on 01/26/2015 3:50:27 PM PST by sphinx
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To: Libloather

Let’s wait and see. Could be making this announcement just to boost stock prices and then all of a sudden they’ll only need to lay off half that number.


13 posted on 01/26/2015 3:50:49 PM PST by raybbr (Obamacare needs a death panel.)
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To: SkyPilot
B T T T ! ! ! ©

14 posted on 01/26/2015 3:51:00 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Libloather

Obummer will finish with lower ratings than ANY Prez in US history, if there is still a US.


15 posted on 01/26/2015 3:51:27 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Libloather

Once again, I read it in the foreign press first.


16 posted on 01/26/2015 3:51:30 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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Biggest corporate lay-off in history is expected within days, with IBM believed to be scrapping 110,000 of its 430,000 workforce around the world

PFL

17 posted on 01/26/2015 3:52:56 PM PST by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: Libloather

Not to worry....they can get a good job at McDonalds making minimum, and shortly Obama will raise it to $10 so they can raise a family.


18 posted on 01/26/2015 3:54:25 PM PST by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: Libloather

best wishes to good ones laid off in this environment.


19 posted on 01/26/2015 3:55:40 PM PST by Palio di Siena
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What proportion of their workforce is still in the US? I don’t think they have many actual worker bees left here.

Naturally, there is headquarters, but you can’t very well scrap finance and HR completely, far less the executive suite.


20 posted on 01/26/2015 3:57:49 PM PST by proxy_user
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