[twistedpair]

If you get them to leave, you don't have to pay severance. It's a typical maneuver to shake the tree before the culling.

[seanmcdirmid]

Not to mention Google has a better office in the city, and hires a lot of the high-end IBM talent fairly quickly as it becomes available.

[wmf]

In what city? Poughkeepsie? Rochester MN? Austin?

[seanmcdirmid]

"The City"

As in, much of IBM's operations are still in the NYC area.