Comments on: IBM Layoffs: Bad Economy as a Smokescreen for Outsourcing

By: rachel

rachel — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 23:25:51 +0000

This off shore workers they bring in to the US are only given $21/day for meals and that’s it. They work 12-20/hrs per day, juggling their hours in the US client’s office in the daytime then spending their nights on teleconference to other countries on the other side of the world coz of time difference. They have no time for themselves nor a break from work almost 24/7. They are treated as work horses. These poor professionals are paid 1/5 or 1/8 of their US counter parts.
IBM is a legitimate and authorized company for foreign worker exploitation.

By: Philam

Philam — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:42:35 +0000

It is understandable especially in this time of global crisis that companies want to cut costs as much as possible.
The first thing that comes to the mind of the affected companies is outsourcing. However, this is not an easy decision on their side. They have to weigh everything before making the final move. We really understand that.

By: BOB WIRE

BOB WIRE — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:17:50 +0000

NEW IBM MOTTO…BETTER,FASTER,CHEAPER, OVERSEAS OF COURSE!
IBM IS SENDING JOBS, OVERSEAS TO INDIA, MANILA, PHILIPINES, NEGRON,ETC,ETC. ITS ALL ABOUT CORPORATE GREED..HOW MANY BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ DOES ONE COMPANY NEED. NOW THEY LAID US ALL OFF NATION WIDE. THE IBM EXECS ARE FAT AND HAPPY…WHILE WE ARE LIKE LAMBS LED TO THE SLAUGTHER HOUSE. MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON THERE SOULS!

By: Alan McRae

Alan McRae — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:56:25 +0000

It is fascinating watching the US economy eat its own legs. I’m a computer consultant, not an economist, but I can’t help but think that 3 decades of rising trade deficits, mounting consumer, commercial and government debts, and then the derivatives fiasco have all combined to push a once great nation to the edge of a cliff. Clawing our way back onto solid ground is going to be very challenging, and I suspect that we will soon be faced with weighing free trade against balanced trade. Economists have led the near universal mantra of “Free Trade” all during this period of ever-increasing trade deficits, and some advocated the de-regulation of the financial services sector that made our present economic meltdown possible. The results of following their prescriptions are utterly catastrophic, so why should we believe them anymore? I think we as a nation had better get some new advisors before we become a second world country and another failed footnote in the history books.