I wanted to post this topic to inform the IBM Lotus programmers out there to wake up and take action! I am including articles below concerning Offshoring and L1/H-B1 Visas as well as IBM layoff news in the past year.
Even if you’ve managed to make it through the tech implosion without losing your job, it is increasingly likely that the job you have now
may not even exist in this country in the very near future. Recent reports indicate that U.S. employers will move about 3.3 million white-collar service jobs and $136 billion in wages overseas in the next 15 years. IT giants such as Microsoft, HP and IBM are leading the way.
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Is the H-1B program fundamentally flawed ?
Representative Adam Smith of Washington state said in a CNN interview with Lou Dobbs that he thinks the H-1B visa program is a “positive program” that enables U.S. employers to fill jobs for which they can find no skilled Americans. He also said that the program has
provisions which guarantee that H-1Bs are not used to replace U.S. workers with lower-paid non-citizens. A mountain of studies, reports,
and anecdotal evidence from highly skilled U.S. workers who have been laid off and replaced by workers on H-1B visas say otherwise.
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IBM Chops 2,000 from Global Services Division | ecommercetimes.com
With surgical precision, IBM (NYSE: IBM) has sliced 2,000 jobs from its Global Services unit as it struggles to bring its financials more in line with forecasts.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/18004.html
IBM swings the job axe again | Silicon.com
IBM’s software group has eliminated a small number of jobs in the US. The group laid off about 380 employees this week as part of what it says is a regular reviews process, a company spokesman said. “We have regular skills rebalancing programs, looking for redundancies in certain areas or to increase efficiencies,” he said. The layoffs, which include some marketing and administrative personnel, affect about one per cent of IBM Software Group, whose roster of employees numbers about 38,000.
http://silicon.com/news/500020/1/6193.html
IBM Offshoring Audio Now on Web | WashTech News
Two weeks ago we reported on IBM’s plans to move thousands of U.S.-based information technology jobs overseas. Today, we offer audio from the actual IBM HR meeting at which these plans were discussed.
http://www.techsunite.org/news/techind/030805_ibm.cfm
IBM lays off 600 workers, mostly at Vermont plant | USA Today
IBM laid off 600 workers in its struggling technology unit Monday, mostly at its Vermont plant, and said another 3,000 employees would be required to take a week off without pay next month.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2003-08-18-ibm-layoffs_x.htm
IBM Shuts Hungary Plant, to Cut 2,800 Jobs Worldwide | BusinessWeek Online
International Business Machines Corp. said on Tuesday it would close a hard disk drive plant in Hungary due to weak global demand.
http://yahoo.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_35/b3847054_mz014.htm
IBM Plans to Accelerate Offshore Outsourcing | WashTech News
Earlier this year, two of IBM’s high command presided over an internal summit broadcast live over the Internet to the computer giant’s 2,000 human resource managers around the world. The topic was the planned move of thousands of white-collar U.S.-based IBM jobs overseas—highly skilled, high-paying jobs that will likely never return to these shores.
http://www.techsunite.org/news/techind/030722_ibm.cfm
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