Skip Links

Network World

  • Social Web 
  • Email 
  • Close

IBM lays off 1,315 workers, union says

By Dan Nystedt and Nancy Gohring , IDG News Service , 05/01/2007
  • Share/Email
  • Comment
  • Print

IBM Tuesday laid off 1,315 U.S. workers from its global services division, a union group under the Communications Workers of America said Tuesday.

The world's largest technology company also released an unknown number of contractors, and job cuts will continue, Alliance@IBM said on its Web site.

An IBM spokesperson could not immediately be reached for confirmation.

The company said at an investors' conference last month that it would reduce costs in the U.S. and noted a slowdown in its U.S. enterprise business. IBM reported its net profit rose 8% year-over-year in the first quarter to $1.8 billion.

The layoffs come just a day after IBM announced plans to open a new call center in Daleville, Indiana that will eventually create 500 jobs. The IBM call center investment was reportedly made in return for a 10-year, $1.16 billion contract with Indiana's Family and Social Services Administration.

IBM ended last year with 355,766 employees worldwide, up from 329,373 in 2005, according to its annual report.

  • Share/Email
  • Comment
  • Print
Partner Content

NetScout is one of the world's premier providers of integrated network and application performance solutions.

www.netscout.com

Know First

Get Proactive — Move from Troubleshooting to Monitoring to Management with nGenius K2's Service Dashboard & Intelligent Early Warning Alarms

Watch the Video

Know Where

Get Rapid Performance Problem Isolation with nGenius Performance Manager and Diagnose Problems up to 70% Faster!

Learn More

Know Why

Get the Details to Validate and Solve your Toughest Performance Issues with nGenius InfiniStream and Sniffer Intelligence Modules

Read the Whitepaper

Comments (3)
Login
Forgot your account info?

IBM CallcentreBy Tony on May 2, 2007, 5:42 pmExcellent. At least all of those engineers and PMs will have a job to go to in Indiana!!!

Reply | Read entire comment

IBM Local CentersBy Anonymous on May 2, 2007, 4:44 pmthey must have signed a contract that said employees had to be from that state or you would had it go to India. The State of Texas force them to sign one like that...

Reply | Read entire comment

IBM lays off 1,315 workers, union saysBy Anonymous on May 2, 2007, 12:12 pmAt least they are opening a call center within the United States--and only 15 minutes away from where I live--rather than someplace overseas.

Reply | Read entire comment

View all comments

Add comment
Anonymous comments subject to approval. Register here for member benefits.
Have a NetworkWorld account? Log in here. Register now for a free account.

Videos

rssRss Feed
Get instant email notification when white papers, webcasts, executive guides are added to our library. Stay informed and up-to-date with the latest on IT Technologies with Network World's Resource Alerts.
Network World,to go. Wherever you are. Breaking news delivered to your mobile device. Select the hottest topics in networking and start receiving Network World on your mobile device today.