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Firings in July
Also read Employee
Stories
July
27, 2001
- 181 Employees of
Tivoli in Austin are laid off in the "Tivoli Resource Rebalancing
Action".
- Word has come in
that that 200 + were laid off from Lotus (part of Software Group division)
in Cambridge, Mass. and 900+ world-wide. We are trying to confirm this.
July
25, 2001
- An entire department
(40 individuals) of java programmers and WebSphere developers in Endicott
have been given 30 days to find work. Rumor has it the manager, included
in the layoff, already has something lined up for himself.
- Server Group layoffs
have been confirmed at 338 in Austin, Rochester, Pougkeepsie, and Beaverton
July
24, 2001
- From an employee:
"It was a black Tuesday in Rochester. 7% in our area lost their
jobs, including moi. Technically, last day is in 30 days, 8/24. Drake
Beam Morin is doing the career counseling. Unfortunately, the bridge
was only extended to those within 1 year of retirement."
- We have heard that
Server Group layoffs total 300 in Austin, Rochester, and Poughkeepsie
July
14, 2001
- 660 positions were
definitely cut in S&D, according to the packages sent from management
to affected employees
- Coverage in the
Journal
News
July
13, 2001 - What
we're hearing
- Revised numbers:
1100 manufacturing contractors fired in Endicott, Fishkill, and Burlington
- S&D layoffs
expected to be around 900
- A voluntary buyout
package has gone to IGS employees in North Harbour, UK
July
12, 2001
- We now believe
the S&D layoffs to be 500-600 people
- Approx. 850 contractors
in Burlington and Endicott MD were let go in the last few weeks
- A few more engineers
in Endicott were given 30 days to find another position
- MD in Dublin, Ireland
is now on a reduced work week (4 days/week instead of regular 5)
- The ages of those
laid off who have sent us their stories are mostly 40's, some with 20
years or more with IBM, but not enough years for retirement
- Some employees
have excellent performance ratings and have just received awards!
- In some locations,
an early retirement package is being offered
- We've also heard
that some employees with 1 year to go to retirement may be offered a
leave of absence for that year
- Recent college
grad hires are exempt from layoffs, apparently because IBM wants to
continue to recruit from colleges
July
11, 2001
July
10, 2001
- Sales
& Distribution employees in many locations have just been notified
of 30 days until termination. Exact numbers aren't known yet.
July
9, 2001
More
news has come in about the "layoffs" around the country. Some
firings are scattered, some are whole departments.
- IGS BIS (Business
Innovation Services) west coast - about 8% being fired - mostly IT Specialists
- Microelectronics
engineers in Endicott told to look for new jobs
- IGS BIS - entire
departments of web developers given 30 days to find work
- MIS (Management
Initiated Separation, which means fired without severance pay) has increased
in several areas
- More from BIS:
jobs eliminated by transfer to another state - new location believed
to be staffed by contractors - affected employees were 1 or 2 performers
- Posted on the Yahoo
IBM Finance board: "1500--2000
positions in BIS being eliminated" - plus comments on the management
spin about continuing to hire
- Story from RTP:
A
young man tells about his father, laid off from IBM
- Contractors are
gone from virtually everywhere. IBM Boulder workforce was cut 25% in
May, mostly by firing contractors.
- Rochester MN has
let 35 IBMer's and 18 contractors go. Rumors say 20% may be let go across
the engineering lab.
- Employees who are
retirement eligible at many sites are being asked to take a buyout package
or face layoff.
July
6, 2001
IBM
Hungary cuts 500 jobs
July
2, 2001
IGS BIS
layoffs are starting today; a notice has gone to employees.
More
details are coming in through our rumor channels. Firings will be in the
range of 6-20 percent depending on division. They will be staggered throughout
July, apparently to avoid complying with the federal
WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) Act. WARN offers
protection to workers, their families and communities by requiring employers
to provide notice 60 days in advance of covered plant closings and covered
mass layoffs
Sales
& Distribution (S&D) is expected to get hit hard, as well as BIS.
We also are hearing that some departments will be chucked in entirety.
PLEASE
send us any information from your area so we can verify what is happening
where. Contact us.
June
28, 2001
Rumors
are getting pretty strong that IBM will have significant layoffs in several
divisions in late July. Separate sources have confirmed that managers
are receiving a package called "Workforce Improvement Program"
which instructs them to rank their employees from top to bottom. The bottom
10%, we hear, will be "layed off" (e.g. fired, with no chance
of recall).
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