Has anyone started to see layoffs in the consulting group? If you are not near or planned to be near full utilization you will be laid off very soon.
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is the Baton Rouge CIC doing layoffs?
Very few layoffs in consulting in Canada so far this year. Hoping mine comes soon so I can lawyer up and cash out.
I think you've been shielded to date. Consulting has been shrinking (more than usual) for at least the last 2 years, if not 3. Consulting revenue is down -1%, and cost savings aren't improving that figure. IBM's overall revenue growth invariably lags its peers. Consulting (and Infrastructure) are, um, how to put this politely - 'facing headwinds'. If you don't make money for IBM, then expect divestiture, mass reorganisation, or similar. As I advised my team when the writing was on the wall - you can hang around for a possible RA and face the prospect of finding a new job then, or be proactive and start looking now for that next step in your career.
Not even a bi-annual process anymore, a continuous one now.
Consulting been laying off for the last 2 yrs....