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IBM plans to hire 2000 U.S veterans in 'new collar' jobs
- justinclift 10y agoWhat's the bet this is IBM trying to both gain favourable PR, and at the same time looking for people they may be able to exploit? (eg lower pay, worse treatment than existing staff) Hopefully I'm wrong, but IBM has a terrible reputation for a reason. :( The article mentions more than 500 veterans have been trained already. Anyone here among that group and willing to venture thoughts about it? :)
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- pkaye 10y agoWould be interesting to know how well they pay for this job.
- lebanon_tn 10y agoCompanies should make more of an effort to follow up on hiring initiatives like this. I'd love if a year later we could get an update along the lines of: we set out to hire 2000 of such and such group. it was difficult and are still a long ways from our goal. here's what we'be learned, what we've adjusted. If you're interested in working us, please email our hiring manager at actualperson@company.com
- fred_is_fred 10y agoWhy would they invite scrutiny to their unchecked headline grabbing promises?
- sumoboy 10y agoNo doubt exploiting low entry level pay and poor treatment while they gouge customers, in this case the US Army. The article mentions the product https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analyst's_Notebook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analyst's_Notebook so cheap labor taken to another level.
- squozzer 10y ago2000 veterans is roughly two infantry battalions. Maybe IBM knows something we don't?