Lawrence Sposato, IBM’s director of human resources in the US, confirmed in a letter to the Employment Development Department (EDD) that they have made a permanent reduction in force in San Francisco’ His decision comes amid rising concerns regarding the company’s workforce strategy moving forward.

IBM, meanwhile, is cutting 58 San Francisco workers. The New York company has not said how many total employees it plans to let go, but in addition to slashing employees in The City, it’s also laying off 54 people in San Jose, according to letters its representatives sent to the state Employment Development Department.

The huge layoff round that Cisco Systems announced in August is slamming a few Bay Area offices, according to new WARN documents filed with the state of California last week. When the San Jose tech giant first shared news of the cuts,