IBM axes hundreds of jobs

Technology giant IBM has axed more than 1,500 jobs across a number of its divisions, it emerged today.

The company, which employs nearly 400,000 workers all over the world, would not comment today, but documents submitted by redundant workers to the Alliance(at)IBM, a union representing a small percentage of IBM employees, indicated that at least 1,518 jobs were shed.

It was not known where the positions were located.

IBM, based in Armonk, New York, generally does not release details of its job cuts.

The company’s overall head count has grown over the last few years despite continuing redundancies.