That’s a lot of layoffs.

So they got all that money from Uncle Sam’s CHIPS Act only to lay off 10,000 employees and make themselves “lean”. Govt funded unemployment.

  • ApollosArrow@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    After seeing this article I went down a rabbit hole and IBM isn’t even in the top 10 US of most employees. Here’s some of the popular ones from the top 30.

    • Walmart - 2.3 Million
    • Amazon - 1.61 Million
    • DHL - 594,000
    • FedEx - 547,000
    • UPS - 536,000
    • Home Depot - 456,000
    • Target - 415,000
    • Kroger - 414,000
    • Marriott - 411,000
    • Starbucks - 381,000
    • Walgreens - 333,000
    • Pepsi - 318,000
    • Costco - 316,000
    • Chase - 309,000
    • Lowes - 300,000
    • IBM - 282,000
    • CVS - 219,000
    • Bank of America - 212,000

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_United_States–based_employers_globally

    • ...m...@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      …i’m surprised to see DHL rank so highly in that list: what’s their domestic market focus, business-to-business freight logistics?..i seldom see DHL packages and when i do they’re almost exclusively of international origin…

      • ApollosArrow@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        That was also my thought as well. I only use DHL with some international orders, so I questioned their placement on that list.