Hertz cuts IT jobs as it shifts to IBM

Hertz has warned around 230 IT workers that their jobs may be at risk as it expands its outsourcing work with IBM.

The employees work at a Hertz technology center in Oklahoma City, Okla. The facility has the company's highest concentration of IT workers in the U.S. They were told this week.

The outsourcing "will probably impact" other U.S. IT positions, said Bill Masterson, a Hertz spokesman.

Asked if the total number of affected IT jobs will be larger, Masterson said: "We expect it to be larger than 230 for the U.S."

Hertz is trying to improve its IT operations. It hired a new CIO last year with experience in the car rental industry, Tyler Best.

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