IBM has been in the process of leaving Vermont for a decade. The writing isn't just on the wall, they've been actively shedding everything other than the line.

IBM has been in the process of leaving Vermont for a decade. The writing isn't just on the wall, they've been actively shedding everything other than the line. If I remember correctly it was blamed on the state of VT not giving them favorable enough treatment. It was so long ago I don't remember exactly what happened with the state, but they were going to axe one of the plants at either Essex VT or Fishkill NY no matter what VT/NY did. More generically speaking, IBM has been getting worse at seeing past the next quarter. I know people that got the boot in the first big round of VT layoffs that make much more money to keep doing their same old job, for the same plant, just this time as sub-sub-sub-contractors.