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.
On the list of companies that see the layoffs in a tool for competitiveness, is AT & T at the top. There, the staff capacity by 24 000 people will be at 1 January 1986 decreased. This also includes the MIS staff and their management. "Nebeneinanderherlaufende developments," said AT & T Information Systems spokesman Michael N. Granieri, "in the area just lnformation Systems lop we want." General Foods also pruned its MIS inventory of 700 to 560. This "massacre," says an insider from the MIS was top class, while only the first, though by far the hardest.
Robert McKinney, Director of Information Systems at Union Carbide in Danbury, Connecticut, works now with only 100 instead of the current 140 employees. Further cuts are to: MIS workforce will shrink by 28 percent from 500 to 360th Here are then also "revenue-generating" manager concerned.
A similar policy to pursue to remain competitive, including also E. Du Pont I, De Nemours & Co. or Eastman Kodak Co.
Opposite is the personnel movement with banks, financial institutions and insurance companies. There continues to DP staff are hired. Even want to give contra Ford Motor Co. with its corporate policy against this type of competition philosophy. Although it is provided by 1990 the workforce by 20 percent, just the DV sector should not be hit. "We see information processing as a key competitive factor," said Jerry Petersen, Ford's manager for global planning system. Thus the 100 percent automatic storage is desired. In CAD and CAM should continue to invest, will be added to the "white-collar automation" in the office special weight. Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) Ford exaggerate progress on its own assembly plant, for "future success is determined by how far we are using the new technology," notes Peterson.
is currently observed that free jobs in companies that are specifically marked old production methods have become much rarer, "recorded three years ago, we still a demand for 300 IT professionals, today there are only 25," is the comparison of James Fleming, manager at Robert Half Inc. in Houston. The need is for special skills in order to close loopholes such as in technically highly skilled manufacturing systems.
After many middle managers with an annual income to $ 75,000 over one year looking for a new job, walking the first of them may recruiters observe, from the "farming". After finding just for "high-serving" forces an adequate job for the 50 000 dollars was more difficult than hochkaratige positions to be filled, Executive Searcher Herbert H. Half-law in Stamford, said: "Six months of work, and her spine is broken". Then they would take it to even low-paid jobs.
Well in the race are such professionals with RPG III skills that would just searched by companies with IBM systems of the series / 38, / 34 and / 36 urgent. With kiss, a New York U.S. advisers walked away and CICS programmers. Their know-how of micro-mainframe link is literally worth gold. DP controller would also be "traded hot." But even for them, mobility is a necessity in order to exploit their market value in centers like New York or Boston can.
For the large number seeking work in DV without this current state of knowledge, especially for long-term, older DV-employees with knowledge in one system area and the lack of special qualifications, little chance existed on more profitable jobs. The shock of the door or - at best - to be implemented, many of them take off guard. "It has," said half-right, "started the slimming only just".
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