No Pay Cuts!
As IBM ended 2007 with a record cash balance of $16 billion and Billions more in profit over several years due to the hard work, dedication and sacrifice of its employees, we the undersigned as employ... continue reading »
"I support this petition wholeheartedly. Does IBM never learn that people build technology, not the other way round? The best technology and the worst HR in the world. Used to work for IBM South Africa, have seen friends with long service treated like garb"
"It's just like the Circle Of Life, we get a 15 percent pay cut and Sam gets an 11 percent raise - see - it all works out in the end - Hope Sam can get by on just 11 percent - maybe he should cut our pay a little more"
"This is wrong. Cost of living is enough of a pay cut."
"Hey Sammy! Why don't you be a man and give us the decent severance packages we deserve now!! We all know it's just a matter of time before the U.S. has only the 17 layers of management you added since Lou left. Stop playing this psychological warfare with"
"I do not agree with this pay cut!"
"Maybe I should send Sam a Thanks Award. :)"
"immoral, unethical"
"IBM how about accommodating the employees and not the supposed law that you are breaking."
"15\% cut put me back to my 2002 salary. Most of my peers are not impacted and no one can explain to me why I was on the hit list. I think this is a deplorable way to run a Fortune 500 company. Organization is probably the only way to recover the losses. L"
"Sam P is destroying what Gerstner built"
"Why are these pay cuts even being done. IBM had a record earning year, or so said IBM after last Quarter End. Or is this how IBM is getting their earnings to look better, by saving money on support personell that are already underpaid, by cutting pay lowe"
"Pay Cuts are NOT ACCEPTABLE"
"IBM SUCKs bigtime"
