IBM said to be laying off 1,300

Big Blue is cutting 1,315 services-related jobs in the United States, a union trying to organize IBM workers says.

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Oh but we need more H1Bs..

because companies like IBM claim to Congress that they *darn*! just can't find enough qualified Americans ....
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There's a little thing called the RICO act. IBM and other tech companies are guilty of conspiring together to distort and mislead Congress with regard to their ability to find qualified Americans for high-tech jobs. They knowingly and together lie, distort, mislead, and deceive Congress and the American people with respect to the labor market and they collude together in this endeavor in order to act as a single agency in that market place.

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I demand that Congress enforce this nation's laws and move forward with a RICO investigation against IBM and other tech companies, their boards and corporate officers.

Jail. They need to tried, convicted jailed and their assets dissolved. They're the same sort of criminals that populated Enron and Global Crossing and all the rest.. it's just a revolving merry-go-round of the crimnally-inclined , greased-hair Armani-wearing dirtbags. American companies don't even know how to make a profit without breaking the law- it never even enters their coke-addicted minds.

Jail. What they need is for the Feds to kick down the doors to their HR departments with guns drawn and search warrants in hand ... the little twerps that implement this criminal scheme will wet their pants and tell us everything we need to know to prove their guilt.

But what do you expect from a company that saw a great profit opportunity to help Adolf Hitler gas Jews?
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Think they care about anything but ripping off their customers with their crapware and overpriced no-delivering services so they can get their quarterly bonuses?
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The world doesn't need IBM. Tons of qualified and potential companies are being squashed and prevented from delivering value because this bloated monster is squatting over the marketplace.

Enforce the nation's laws, dissolve IBM, and let the market for services and the jobs that demand creates flourish.

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WOW! - - - Somebody is pissed

Every company on the planet goes through internal restructuring - layoffs to better position itself - - make more money.

Off shoring, and H1B's **** the heck outta me too, but look at the issue from the perspective of a business owner. The problem is not that they can't find qualified workers in the U.S., it's that they can't find qualified workers in the U.S. that work for $2.75 an hour. Yes that's an exaggeration, but you get the idea.

Actually I'd bet that they lay off quite a few more folks than the 1300. I'd add another zero to that number.

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Is This A Pre-Mature Move By IBM....

by planning to lay off staff with its "Sea Changing" Lotus Notes 8.0 set for release mid-year. Will IBM be in a position to continue to "deliver" around the global market place effectively and efficiently in a Google (SpreadSheet) and Microsoft (Office) dominated scenario!

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You said 1,300 ?Just 1,300 ?

Ok, it is hard for the 1,300 employees, but it may soon become harder for IBMers.

IBM is a typical example of satisfactory underperformance: too much bureaucracy, too much politics between divisions, but too confortable earnings to drive the necessary reforms within the organization.
This will kill a lot of jobs and unfortunately the real guilty won't be hit.

To be honest IBM buys its growth through M&#38;A and not through operations. I truely believe that IBM is a good company but to be a great company "operation excellence" should be far more than a concept for internal presentation.