Re: IBM betrays us all


Subject: Re: IBM betrays us all
From: Dave Brown (dbrown@tertiary.net)
Date: Mon Jan 19 2004 - 18:19:36 AKST


Actually, they are only moving the call centers for their business class
machines back to the states. For the home lines of computers they are
still overseas.

At 06:18 PM 1/19/2004, Mac Mason wrote:

>Dell *did* get the message; they moved their help desk back to the
>states (or are in the process of doing so) because of complaints about
>the quality of the service offered overseas...
>
>~Mac~
>
>On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 19:01, Greg Jetter wrote:
> > Just heard on the TV to day that IBM is moving 15000 new jobs to
> india and
> > china , specificaly all their linux related programming posisitions
> ... and
> > general help desk stuff .. they are also moving 4500 current jobs
> staffed by
> > americans to india and china ... remmber that fact when
> your evaluating a
> > software and hardware vendor for your company or instutition..
> >
> > what it comes down to is if we don't protest this some way
> then eventural
> > other companies will follow suite , it might not effect you now
> but sooner
> > or later it will affect you or your childrens future.
> >
> > if not in direct loss of a job , in depression of future compensation
> levels
> > .
> >
> > Don't do business with IBM or DELL till they get the message.
> >
> > Greg Jetter

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