To make it clear that it is INDEED about reducing American tech workers to third world serfdom, IBM told their laid off US workers that they should move to India where their (low) salaries would go farther.
IBM to laid-off: Want a job in India?
CNN ^ | 2-5-2009 | Karina Frayter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2179376/posts
IBM Offers To Move Laid Off Workers To India
Information Week | Feb. 2, 2009 | Paul McDougall
Posted on Tuesday, February 03, 2009
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2177476/posts
A spokesman for Alliance@IBM, a workers’ group that’s affiliated with the Communications Workers of America but which does not have official union status at IBM, slammed the program. “IBM is not only offshoring IBM U.S. jobs but they want employees to offshore themselves through Project Match,” said the spokesman.
An IBM spokesman said the program shouldn’t be seen in that light. “It’s more of a vehicle for people who want to expand their life experience by working somewhere else,” said the spokesman. “A lot of people want to work in India.”
IBM now employs more workers in India than US
NY Post ^ | 10/5/13 | John Aidan Byrne
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3075695/posts
I wouldn’t be surprised if other tech and even financial firms now have more Indian employees than Americans (in both India and the United States).