Posted on 04/03/2009 3:06:49 PM PDT by neverdem
I stand corrected must be a very few left working at IBM
3 work groups at IBM Endicott are at risk for layoffs.
That’s according to Lee Conrad from the employee advocate group, Alliance at IBM.
Big Blue plans to layoff 5-thousand U.S. Employees today.
IBM headquarters has not responded to calls about whether there are cuts at the Endicott site.
Conrad says Alliance has been told layoffs are taking place in Global Business Services, Systems Technology Group, and Global Technology Services.
“We are hearing that these jobs will be eliminated here in the United States and the work shifted to India, China, Asia-Pacific and Latin America.” says Conrad.
Conrad says he’s outraged to see IBM shipping jobs overseas.
The company employs about 400-thousand workers worldwide.
About 1200 here in Endicott.
Again, IBM has not commented on any local layoffs.
We must immediately enact legislation to outlaw flashlights.
And bags. Don't forget the bags.
I think this is the reason too.....
Maybe it was the shooter who lived in Johnson City and it’s the reporter who can’t write. Has been known to happen. /sarc
Could also be Hmong, and have come here in just the last few years. Just speculation here, too.
“We can be sure that Obama and the Democrats will use this — and the other recent high-profile events — as an excuse for more draconian “gun control” measures.”
Oh yes they will. Why “waste a crisis” huh? Blood Dancers.
Sadly, I seem to be using this graphic quite frequently since ZeroHussein took over our White House...
That was my first thought when I heard Gov Paterson talking about the Alabama and Oakland shootings. The gun grabbers are going to use these shootings to increase their power over us even more.
Not sure how he could “come here in just the last few years” and be a citizen for 28 years. Did the Hmong get citizenship even though they did not live in US?
Is April the King of shootings month or what. All these bad shootings always happen in April. Is it the dreary weather, Patriot’s Day on the 19th, Hitler’s birthday, Earth Day, what?
Just heard on ABC Nightly Noise... the shooter used “two automatic pistols”
He probably held a menial job at IBM. The immigrants he shot were his competition. He may have had a learning problem since he never learned the language.
The irony of somebody who came here 28 years ago killing new immigrants I bet won't receive coverage.
Oops. Missed that part. Nevermind. :-)
Actually we WILL see an increase in violence, suicide/murders, shootings and etc as people start to lose their jobs, lose their homes and when they lose everything, they will lose it. Starting in Jan 2009 we lost approx 650,000 jobs per month till Mar 2009, assuming their is no updates to the figures. Today the Jan 2009 figures were updated from 690,000 to 740,000. Thus in Apr 2009, the 650,000 number for Feb 2009 could be updated higher. In other words the US unemployment numbers are accelerating. Today we are at 8.5 percent, but it does not include people who gave up and people who want full time hours but are forced to cut back to part time hours. If they are included (they were included during the Great Depression calculations), our unemployment rate is really at 15 percent. Seven US states have unemployment rates of 10+ percent, and using the Depression method of calculating unemployment they are at 18 to 19 percent unemployment. During the US Great Depression, average unemployment was 25 percent.
You only get a chance a couple of time in your career to film the expression on a family members face as they are delivered a death notice.
I've seen it done before.
The media are slime. (If I really said what I feel Jim would ban me for life)
As if on cue, ABC news is breathlessly discussing the “mass shooting epidemic”.
I wonder why these homicidal nutbars never try this at a police station? Wait Wait! They have guns too!
Too bad so many people have nothing else to fall back on when their fancy house and big screen TV goes bye bye.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling
Tragic . . . but this mentally distressed Binghamtonian turned his pain into good. As a former Pastor of mine used to say, your situations in life either make you bitter or better.
Any guess that this was another SSRI story ?shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach Adonai
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