{"id":2511,"date":"2020-06-11T20:43:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T20:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/officesuppliesphoenix.com\/?p=1755"},"modified":"2020-08-14T06:31:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T06:31:00","slug":"layoffs-rock-services-industry-amid-move-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.officesuppliesphoenix.com\/office-supplies-el-mirage\/layoffs-rock-services-industry-amid-move-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Layoffs rock the IT services industry amid move to the cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The impact of the continued move from on-premises IT services to the cloud, accelerated by the COVID-19 quarantine, is finally being felt by the IT services industry as multiple major players are rocked by layoffs.<\/p>\n

IBM was hit with cuts in five states. While the exact number was not revealed, Bloomberg estimates the cuts are in the thousands, with North America the hardest hit global region and IBM Global Services the hardest hit business unit. Estimates<\/a> from ex-IBM employees on TheLayoff.com (one of the most depressing sites I have ever seen) puts the reduction at anywhere from 5,000 to 20,000, although that could be looking through the prism of some very bitter ex-employees.<\/p>\n

Consultancy Deloitte on Friday reportedly held an internal all-hands call, led by CEO Dan Helfrich, who announced a 5% staff reduction, or 2,500 workers. Where the cuts are coming is not clear yet but Bloomberg speculated<\/a> that any consultant not currently assigned to a project would likely be the first to go.<\/p>\n

DXC Technology, the consultancy born out of the merger of CSC and HP Enterprise\u2019s consulting business (the former EDS) plans to eliminate 4,500 positions in a bid to eliminate about $700 million in expenses on an annualized basis. CEO Mike Salvino made the announcement last week on an earnings call with Wall Street analysts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

In this case, however, he said the drop in revenue was not caused by cloud trends prompting customers to move away from DXC. Instead, he said it was due to poor performance by the company and a need to streamline operations. \u201cAs a result, we lost roughly $1 billion of revenue in FY ’20, and expect to lose a similar amount in FY ’21,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

So what are we to make of all this? The obvious culprit is the move to the cloud. Enterprises don\u2019t need to hire as many consultants making six-figure salaries when AWS or Microsoft is handling half of your IT load. But DXC said it wasn\u2019t the cloud, it was its own bloated hierarchy, which is quite an admission.<\/p>\n