Dave Day's comment <begin snippet> 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. </end snippet>
is, as the MBAs would surely say, 'insightful'. Moreover, it suggests to me that successful growth can be defined in many different ways. I suspect that IBM is in fact adopting Apple's business model: Design it using a small number of highly talented people in one place; then implement/manufacture it quickly using 'liquid' because currently unemployed people elsewhere, in China or, shortly, a successor low-cost location that does not yet have a safety net for the poor in place. On 2/13/12, Veilleux, Jon L <veilleu...@aetna.com> wrote: > I think that this paragraph is interesting: > > "We were previously using configuration management version control, which > required a lengthy code check-in process," said Clark Dudek, software > developer, IBM Systems and Technology Group. "Rational Team Concert has > encouraged greater code collaboration and better work item tracking within > my team." > > I guess IBM doesn't think they need version control anymore. Might that be > why we are seeing more problems lately? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf > Of Dave Day > Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 11:31 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: IBM Doing Some Restructuring? > > 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/3 >> 1574/ >> >> >> 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. >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If > you think you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the > sender by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail immediately. > Thank you. Aetna > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
