Classic Type-A uptight managerial style. "If I can't see you then you must not be working, because I wouldn't be!"
Sheesh. When will they learn to judge people by what they accomplish rather than how often they are seen. Then again, these are "marketing" (i.e., sales) employees. Given how much less IBM seems to be selling, maybe the housecleaning could be good for IBM. My sympathies are still with the workers though. Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Beaver Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 7:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Looks like lots of folks in marketing said thanks but no thanks As we all know IBM has started the no more Remote work. Looks like lots of folks in marketing said thanks but no thanks Earlier this year, IBM's Chief Marketing Officer Michelle Peluso announced that the U.S. marketing division's 2,600 employees would have to "co-locate" or collaborate onsite from one of six cities. Those who worked primarily from home would have to move to one of the cities or quit IBM. For decades, IBM embraced remote work. Eight years ago, 40 percent of IBM workers worldwide telecommuted. As a result, it saved about $100 million a year in the U.S. and had reduced office space by 78 million square feet. IBM remote workers who choose to resign rather than move to one of the six cities will be paid severance, according to an IBM internal document, of one month's base salary, the standard at IBM. Peluso says she plans to recruit replacements for those employees from the six co-located locations-not abroad. "If what I were trying to do was reduce headcount," she says, "there are much simpler and easier ways to do that, which would be less disruptive for everyone, myself included." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
