IBM, the silent job cutter, stokes worker anxiety, speculation

IBM's new chief executive officer, Arvind Krishna, has continued an unusual company tradition, refusing to disclose the scale of its latest round of job cuts. The price: speculation about thousands of positions eliminated in the U.S. last month, and heightened anxiety among employees. “Everyone wants to know what the full picture is, but they’ll never get it from IBM,” said James Cortada, who spent decades at IBM and has written books on the company’s culture.
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