New York-based International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) is said to have begun job cuts in U.S. today according to a global restructuring plan announced in April after disappointing first-quarter earnings. The layoffs target employees with a range of seniority, from rank-and-file staff to executives, and few U.S. workers started receiving notifications of the cuts last night, reports added. This restructuring would cost $1 billion across the globe, including severance expenses.
Analysts have projected that IBM is likely to cut 6,000 - 8,000 jobs worldwide and from a variety of positions. The Armonk, New York-based firm faced its first earnings shortfall since 2005 after the company made profits of $3 a share in the first quarter, according to Bloomberg.
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