IBM spokesperson Sarah Minkel emailed a quite obscure assertion to Computerworld that appeared to verify the layoffs: “Early this 12 months, IBM disclosed a workforce rebalancing cost that will signify a really low single digit share of IBM’s international workforce, and we nonetheless count on to exit 2024 at roughly the identical degree of employment as we entered with.”
The Register did some fast math, primarily based on IBM’s international employment numbers. “With about 288,000 staff worldwide on the finish of 2023, the ‘very low single digit share’ prospects for 2024 is perhaps 1 % (2,880 layoffs), 2 % (5,760 layoffs), 3 % (8,640 layoffs), or extra,” the Register story famous.
It additionally famous, “final 12 months, CEO Arvind Krishna mentioned IBM anticipated to exchange round 7,800 jobs with AI, although no particular time-frame was offered.”