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IBM Layoffs in 'RTO' Clothing Reported by Thomas Claburn

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 13, 2025,
updated Feb 13, 2025

Yesterday: The Register Studies (to Affirm) Reports of IBM Layoffs "at the Finance and Operations business unit"

So enough was found to go ahead with the article: (or enough time given for IBM to respond; IBM pays this publisher)

This "hey hi" (AI) nonsense is just a go-to excuse that IBM and GAFAM (and many others) use. The media ought to stop parroting those lies. Otherwise it participates in hype, not substance, and it helps belittle real financial issues (framing them as "investment" in some buzzwords). █

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