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]

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.