Qantas employees have reportedly turned down jobs offered to them by IBM as the flying kangaroo attempts to move forward with its outsourcing plans.
Around 200 of Qantas's IT staff will reportedly be offered jobs at IBM as the airline outsources yet more of its technology function.
The technology costs of Australia's largest airline Qantas rose slightly over the last year, the carrier revealed this morning, due to transformation projects and outsourcing initiatives.
ASG Group revealed today that it had signed a five-year $13 million contract with Qantas to provide application management services.
Qantas has made its chief information officer Jamila Gordon redundant, with responsibility for its technology operations to fall to an executive brought in by new CEO Alan Joyce.
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