[drpgq]

"Employees in the US, and in those small towns, also say they’re unhappy that IBM is shrinking in America while outsourcing to countries like India."

Aren't they laying off in India now too?

[fhars]

You are probably thinking of Lenovo laying off the employees in the server division they bought from IBM.

[iends]

IBM had a large layoff in india. IBM's india problems have been quite interesting. See: http://qz.com/173601/ibms-india-problem/

[vyrotek]

drpgq might have been thinking of this (Seems to match you described as well):

IBM layoffs strike first in India; workers describe as 'slaughter' and 'massive' - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7223582