Exporting jobs ... again

[unixronin]

LEAN is about offshoring and outsourcing at a rate never seen before at IBM. For two years Big Blue has been ramping up its operations in India and China with what I have been told is the ultimate goal of laying off at least one American worker for every overseas hire. The BIG PLAN is to continue until at least half of Global Services, or about 150,000 workers, have been cut from the U.S. division.

(Pointer frmyndy)

Comments

[smandal.livejournal.com]

What's the problem with it?

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Besides the fact that companies are throwing away their future and their accumulated base of experience for a short-term boost on the balance sheet right now, regardless of the effects a year or two years down the line?

[smandal.livejournal.com]

We'll see if that's the case. People used to say the same thing about manufacturing.

[anda.livejournal.com]

Neither agreeing nor disagreeing, just a side comment:

I am curious what will eventually be left for Americans as employment.

[smandal.livejournal.com]

R&D, management, and capital ownership.

And I am not opposed to leaving America. If other places have more R&D work, they could be more pleasant.

[gdmusumeci.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, this is Global Services. Their sole purpose in life is to provide horrifically expensive consulting "services" in return for something that you could have gotten via Google for free, or hired a local contract programmer to do for you.

[ithildae.livejournal.com]

Cringely is not always right. I read that earlier. Cringely predicted that IBM was imploding a couple of years back. Global Services really does not deserve to survive. They have great cash flow, but lousy profitability. I am more disturbed about canceling their pension program.