Before IBM started axing staff, it told them Q3 2020 would be super-busy with post-lockdown catch-up jobs

Workers told to take five days of compulsory leave so we can better care for each other'

In the halcyon days of April, before IBM initiated its latest round of mass redundancies, the IT giant told staff in its Australian and New Zealand operations to take a break - and brace for a deluge of post-lockdown work in the third quarter of 2020....