- IBM is laying off thousands in the U.S., shifting jobs to India, with employees asked to train their replacements.
- Cloud computing and quality assurance roles are affected, while IBM continues hiring abroad.
- Similar workforce shifts are happening across tech giants like Meta and Google.
For many IBM employees in the U.S., the past few months have felt like a corporate vanishing act; one day you have a job, the next, you’re training someone overseas to take it.
The Register reports that IBM is laying off thousands, quietly shifting roles to India. Some employees were even told outright: hiring is happening, just not here.
This isn’t an isolated case. Tech giants like Meta and Google have made similar moves, cutting U.S. jobs while expanding hiring in India and Mexico.
For long-term IBMers, particularly those in their 50s, the situation is grim: decades of loyalty now met with pink slips.
The efficiency argument is familiar, but at what human cost? A once-stable career is now a cautionary tale. All of this is, with the tech industry’s, silent migration prioritizing spreadsheets over people.
IBM may call it restructuring, but employees call it betrayal.
Edited by Harshajit Sarmah
