IBM in hurry to move jobs to India to cut costs
- By Reuters New York, July 22: Two senior officials at IBM , the world's largest computer maker, said the company needs to speed its efforts to move white-collar jobs to India and elsewhere overseas, reported The New York Times. In a recording of a conference call given to The New York Times by a labour union, top employee relations executives said IBM needed to make the same moves its competitors made to save money by shifting service jobs away from the United States. The article cited Forrester Research as estimating 450,000 US computer industry jobs could be transferred overseas in the next 12 years, representing eight per cent of US computer jobs. Executives worried on the March IBM conference call that broader unionisation could arise as the trend strengthens, The Times said. -------- posted - RB ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
