At Hertz IT, sheriffs, shock and tough choices

Mass IT layoffs are often small and unnoticed. They are not on the scale of the Carrier air conditioning plant layoff; its Indianapolis facility, which currently employs 2,000 people, is moving to Mexico.
Hertz IT employees share two things with the Carrier workers: They were also angry, and they got the news on the same day, Feb. 10.
The Carrier layoffs arrived guillotine-like; the plant is closing, period. But IT layoffs are rarely like that. There are ambiguities and uncertainties and lifebo