WashTech News: IT Industry News
June 24, 2005
WashTech News

IBM Accelerates Hiring in India

Seattle - According to internal documents, IBM has plans to hire more than 14,000 new employees in its Indian based operations. An expansion that closely matches the number of announced job cuts from its U.S. and European operations.

The document titled "India 2002 to 2005," shows a rapid increase of hiring in India. In 2002, it shows 6,070 employees and 24,150 employees by 2004. Then it jumps to 38,196 employees by 2005.

The document goes onto describe the "growth drivers" for the expansion. It lists areas of the company such as Application Management Services and Global Delivery Center. It also mentions its acquisition of Daksh which is an Indian based offshore-outsourcing company.

To contact the CEO of IBM to protest the increase in offshoring, visit http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/IBM
To view the internal slide: http://www.washtech.org/news/documents/india/







 
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