Staff reductions is also affecting the IT department 29.11.1985 No Comments Print | Recommend | PDF | Remember | Share buzz NEW YORK (lo) - "That is a real massacre," says General Foods its recent staff cuts in the IT sector. The U.S. trend everywhere: The computer staff now also counts among the victims of austerity measures. Against this concept to support the competitiveness, Ford has gone mobile. DV professional know-how will continue unaffected, however, traded hot.
So far, played a strategic information management for U.S. companies is too important a role in this sector staff cuts even to think. Now seems less rosy future for MLS employees particularly in the fields of heavy equipment, agriculture, power engineering and semiconductor manufacturing in addition to pharmaceutical and chemical industries to be. Exception to this is the high-tech industry, which still continued to grow.
Within weeks, the sister publication "Computer World" were drastic cuts in staff numbers, including CBS, Union Carbide Corp.. and AT & T to monitor information system. "The cuts run not only across industries but also by the organization - into middle management and up to the Vice-President," observed David W. Philippy, president of the Association for System Management in New York. And: "Not only in difficulties companies are reducing operating staff", although here were recorded naturally the most cuts.
