4 ms·Isn't it easier to look for a job when you're not competing with 8,000 other laid off people?by erichurkman 12y agoIsn't it easier to look for a job when you're not competing with 8,000 other laid off people?iends 12y agoPerhaps, but if you've been at IBM for 10 years, 6 months of doing nothing but collecting your pay check probably sounds really good.smackfu 12y agoIBM is a slow trickle kind of lay-off place. So there are always lay-offs happening.