IBM is going to cut several thousand employees in the German branch

Even in such large and well-known corporations like IBM, there are problems. In Europe, the largest branch of this company is the German branch, and it is there that they are going to cut staff. At present, about 20 thousand people work in this department, which is quite a lot. IBM leadership is going to cut 8 thousand people at once, i.e. 40%, which is very much.

Unfortunately, there is no detailed information on the planned changes within the company. It is known that the European branches of the corporation suffer from European financial and economic problems, and they are trying to find a way out of the current situation. So far, the decisions are quite ordinary - after all, cuts help save a significant amount of funds, including what was usually spent on salary, social needs, insurance, etc.
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Some "anonymous sources" argue that the company has long conceived to carry out a number of transformations, and some of them are not at all connected with the crisis. IBM's general transformation plan even got its own name - Liquid. This plan is aimed, first of all, at making the organization more flexible, hence the name is. But it is understandable that many, including European politicians, are against the plan, which provides for such reductions in personnel.

It is possible that the reductions will not be carried out simultaneously, and the reduction of the staff will be carried out slowly over a long time.

Liquid's plan is aimed not only at making the company more flexible (and with a staff of half a million people this is not always possible), but at the same time to increase the economic efficiency of work. In any case, the transformation will be carried out, and the new head of the corporation is going to implement this plan in the near future.

Via bloomberg