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IBM is truly owe of the most loathsome tech companies in our industry. They have a long record of treating their employees horribly. Many people I know have been laid off at IBM and made to train their (foreign) replacements. One person I know has worked for IBM 3 times (twice through acquisitions) and was laid off all 3 times! Please keep this stuff in mind as a contrast to their flashy new marketing.

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They have to. It is part of the strategy and how it can manage to stay alfoat. At some point software consulting business was big so they had consultants for big projects. Then I don't know cloud got bit, so now what should they do, keep hoards of consults on payroll as a jobs program like TSA? Maybe retrain them? The fastest and easiest way it so lay them off.

At some point I've heard they sold cheese slicers. They probaby had experts in that. What should they do when the market situation changes? Keep selling and hiring more people in that area or lay them off.

So IBM just happened to target the same guy three times? Not disagreeing that IBM has had issues with hiring/firing, but three times seems like an insane coincidence.

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