Another commenter points to to offer laid-off employees the opportunity to work overseas at regional rates rather than lose their jobs in the United States..

"IBM is now offering workers the chance to move to Nigeria (and be paid Nigerian industry wages) instead of being laid off. That means that IBM is now officially admitting that there is not 'shortage' of skilled workers in the U.S., just workers they don't pay much," the reader said. "Why go into IT when you will have to follow your job to a third world country?"

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