At least 1,500 jobs are slashed by IBM

IBM has axed more than 1,500 jobs across a number of its divisions, it emerged yesterday.

The company, which employs nearly 400,000 workers all over the world, would not comment on the move, but documents submitted by redundant workers to the Alliance@IBM, a union representing a small percentage of IBM employees, indicated that at least 1,518 jobs were shed.

It was not known where the positions were located.

IBM, which is based in Armonk, New York, generally does not release details of its job cuts.

The company's overall head count has grown over the past few years, despite continuing redundancy programmes.