IBM Fired as Many as 100k in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows
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Re: IBM Fired as Many as 100k in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows
#2To be fair, I did see quite a few people who probably "officially" retired 25 years ago walking around with canes last time I visited an IBM campus. I actually thought it was very cool and really wanted to hear their stories.
Re: IBM Fired as Many as 100k in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows
#3I doubt IBM lays off its older workers solely to appeal to Millenials.
It's more likely that older workers are laid off because they are more expensive due to higher higher pay, have more paid time off, use more healthcare and are more politically calibrated to their organizations than younger workers.
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#4> International Business Machines Corp. has fired as many as 100,000 employees in the last few years in an effort to boost its appeal to millennials
> “The company hires 50,000 employees each year.”
> The number of IBM employees has fallen to its lowest point in six years, with 350,600 global workers at the end of 2018 -- a 19% reduction since 2013.
The fact that a company can have such high turnover and still function says something about how much work each of those people were doing. While an impressive effort at potentially reinvesting the culture, I bet many of those jobs weren't necessary from the beginning.
Re: IBM Fired as Many as 100k in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows
#5Firing talent because of age is not so smart I think. Of course I don't know who they fire, etc.
But I'm young, yeah, and I want to distance myself from IBM products.
Why? I'v been setting IBM Tivoli/Spectrum protect to backup client computers and, ugh, is it ugly, unfriendly and complex piece of software. I'v also touched the server part. Maybe it's just me, the windows guy (but who loves scripting) and it is more appealing to linux-type guys. Then I got feedback from Linux team that they also don't love that product.
They should do something about their products or product managers to be more appealing.
After 1hr they will present IBM QRadar to us. Perhaps it will be a pretty presentation and so. I just wonder what's it under the hood, when sysadmins put their hands on it - any experiences someone can share?
Re: IBM Fired as Many as 100k in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows
#6More like replace 100k workers that expect work life balance for underpaid millennial that you can exploit at submarket wages for long hours.
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#7s/Millennials/Generation Z/ at this point.
Millennials are all in their 30s and older now.
Re: IBM Fired as Many as 100k in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows
#8They should freeze them for later, instead!
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#9Haven't they gotten headlines for this almost every year for the past three decades?
Re: IBM Fired as Many as 100k in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows
#10s/Millennials/Generation Z/ at this point. Millennials are all in their 30s and older now.
It really depends on the definition of millennial that is used. I'm in my early 30s but I have a couple friends that are 24/25/26 and personally they align as millennials rather than Gen Z. Very tail end of course but definitely millennial.