Not sure if that’s exactly what IBM is doing here. A lot of their customers are in India. So it may just be common sense that they need to have IT guys there too in order to support the solutions that they sell to others who have outsourced IT projects.
One of our clients last year dumped 70% of the IT and software staff ( over 300 people ) and moved it all to IBM Global services ( India ). Now when I have to interact I have to have a friggin’ translator or they are not available during our business hours and they just don’t get it when we discuss programming issues.
I have no problem with proportionality in hiring, but that is not what is happening here. Almost all of the new hires are in India and other such places, while a fraction of their business takes place there.
The American worker is screwed.
In other words, the more people they hire in India the more equipment they need to buy. I'm sure IBM has made some very good deals with American companies who decide to employ staff in India.
“Not sure if that’s exactly what IBM is doing here. A lot of their customers are in India. So it may just be common sense that they need to have IT guys there too in order to support the solutions that they sell to others who have outsourced IT projects.”
Their Indian, Chinese, Brazilian and Russian employees service accounts in the U.S. that American employees used to service. I outsourced three of my accounts before they laid me off for “lack of performance”.