Well, hindsight being 20-20, it is obvious management within IBM has
done both some incredibly smart, and incredibly dumb moves over the past
30 yrs. or so.
I know every time I applied for a job, I always wanted to work on a
part time basis, because I just didn't want that feeling of security
everyone has to some degree when they take permanent full-time employment.
And every time I have worked on a part time job, when an offer came
along for a full time position, I always turned it down. Mostly because
I felt loyalty to the current employer for offering me the part-time,
temporary position instead of making me take full-time employment.
And for sure, we all know software development is much easier when you
don't have the previous developers around to just clutter things up when
you are spending all that time going thru the code to try to figure out
why this or that function is coded the way it is.
The idea of hiring temporary workers, the 'liquid' people referred to in
the article, seems to me to be at odds with long term, successful
growth. IBM is adopting Walmart's business model on this one.
--Dave
On 2/11/2012 10:06 AM, Edward Jaffe wrote:
http://socialbarrel.com/ibm-job-cuts-in-germany-8000-may-be-laid-off/31574/
Rumor has it that IBM is laying off up to 40% of its workforce in
Germany. At the same time they are testing a new global temporary
worker program that they believe can speed up project implementation
by 30% and reduce costs by 1/3.
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