IBM The company on Tuesday announced layoffs in its marketing and communications department, according to people familiar with the matter.
Jonathan Adashek, IBM’s chief communications officer, made the announcement during a roughly seven-minute meeting with the division’s staff, said the person, who requested anonymity because the news has not been made public. .
The company did not respond to requests for comment.
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna told CNBC in December that after the company announced plans to replace about 8,000 jobs with AI in August, the company had “improved the AI skills of all its employees. It’s improved significantly.” IBM announced in its earnings conference last January that it would cut 3,900 positions.
The cuts come in parallel with further downsizing in the tech industry. Some 204 tech companies have cut about 50,000 jobs so far this year, according to the website Layoffs.fyi. January was the heaviest month for layoffs since March, as Alphabet, Amazon and Unity announced layoffs.
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