A lot of posts are from people claiming victory in leaving on their own terms: good for them (and I mean it). But there is something to be said for 'hanging in there' if the circumstances warrant it. For example, I was in my mid 50's and sensed the... — read more 

Do you know if the Federal group got impacted by the shutdown? What happens if there is another shutdown?

Many people on here (or maybe it's just one person who posts often) bring up Services being sold off. I just don't see how that's possible. IBM sells "solutions" to their customers but what they actually produce is a patchwork of disjoint... — read more 

https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/01/27/has-international-business-machines-ibm-finally-bo.aspx

I can't wait until they show me the door: not transferring one lick of my "tribal knowledge" to any jegging-wearing newbies. F*ck them, let them flounder & fumble and figure it out just like I did. Taking it all to the grave with me... — read more 

Have IBM’s prospects improved? Based on its earnings, probably. Are the prospects still at high risk? Probably, as well. The cost of Red Hat, the challenge of integrating it into IBM, and the advantages Amazon and Microsoft have are among those... — read more 

~@4:57 - end of video -- MARIA BARTIROMO: Anything else you want to say about how you're repositioning the portfolio, given the other things, like the divestitures? GINNI ROMETTY: As an investor would always expect, we always go back over this... — read more 

I have noticed an alarming amount of favoritism (and even nepotism in some cases) within GBS. Advantages in terms of job opportunities, perks like attending conferences, promoting people well beyond their level of capability with dubious promo cases... — read more 

Confirmed there is a campaign within GBS to hire and retrain on Red Hat. As if the pile-on of IBM Cloud wasn’t enough, now we are pressured to peddle a Linux OS in the era of Cloud. Meanwhile S&D make millions off our backs. When does it end???

Wow. . . From 0:44 'til the end of the video at the 1:40 time stamp. Of particular interest though is from ~1:30 - 1:40 -- This idea the people don't need to be left behind, and by the way, age doesn't matter. Our data proves it. We've re-trained the... — read more 

@2:36 - 2:44 -- So IBM needs to do more to shed some of its assets that hasn't [sic] been producing profit for them. It has been weighing down their business, it's something of the past, and they need to continue to turn around and look at the... — read more 

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4235503-ibm-reasons-quit#alt1 Everyone in the hierarchy has been promoted well past their level of competence. It's like hardening of the arteries. One suspects this may be the case with IBM. IBM continues to lead the... — read more 

I was a proud IBMer but saw the decline and the writing on the wall and retired under my own terms before I got tapped for reduction. This was 5 years earlier than I had originally planned but as I said was on my terms rather than forced so I am... — read more 

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/18/ibm_government_lying_claims/?page=1

IBM Corp., like Oracle Corp., is giving investors confusing information about its cloud-computing revenue, trying to show its business in the biggest, best possible light. The most baffling part of IBM’s IBM, +8.46% approach is tying its cloud... — read more 

So many of the juicy milking contracts that IBM has been doing to the US government and American taxpayer is coming to an end with the shutdown . A well deserved Massive layoff at the crooked IBM is coming . You heard it here first

In case anyone needed any proof that the reviews on Glassdoor are skewed, look no further than this article [paywalled] where Big Bleu isn't mentioned specifically, but the shady rigging of Glassdoor reviews by other companies is --... — read more 

Look where Ginni is now and what she's proselytizing about, yet again. It's convenient too as I'm sure this was all on expenses so she can also check on her chalet while she's there in Switzerland. For IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, of primary importance is... — read more 

North America and GTS are the big losers. Brace yourselves and best of luck to you all.

Peak IBM revenue was six years ago. Income has dropped 30% since then. In the same time period, IBM has acquired 55 companies! Tell me again: Why will Red Hat make a difference in top line revenue? Red Hat will follow the normal pattern: $3 billion... — read more 

I read posts from so many people here who can't wait to leave IBM, but I wouldn't be so quick to actually act on that if I were them. I know of several people who have quit in the past three years and are now trying really hard to find their way back... — read more 

“When all is said and done, Red Hat won’t do much to alter IBM’s fiscal stagnation. Synergy is the intended outcome of most acquisitions, and it’s not clear if this deal will create any synergy,” Brumley wrote November 9. “And IBM just paid a steep... — read more 

The dirt is starting to trickle out. . . https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/18/ibm_government_lying_claims/

Workload rebalancing is an unrealized promise because the last of these conditions—operating at the same or higher level of profit productivity—has not been met. IBM has been increasing profits by lowering wages, but this has been offset by the... — read more 

This is Virginia M. Rometty's reality: IBM's brand is in big trouble. It will take a change of leadership and strategy in 2019 to save one of America's most-iconic brands. Otherwise analysts and shareholders, executives and employees, customers and... — read more 

It's that time again, folks! One week before 4Q18 Results announce, so lock-in your answers now! I'll start: miss.

In 2015, Modernizing Medicine received an investment from IBM, part of a $20 million financing round. Not sure if IBM still owns this building, but if so, then Modernizing Medicine is essentially paying the rent for awhile with Big Bleu's money?... — read more 

Seems the 4Q18 clamp-down on travel has just carried-over into 1Q19, as just received word of this in Systems group. Don't know how widespread. Guessing 4Q18 results are not looking too rosy. . .

Clearly, options traders are pricing in a big move for IBM shares, but what is the fundamental picture for the company? Yeah, a big downward move. https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/346686/are-options-traders-betting-on-a-big-move-in-ibm-stock

The Handelsblatt daily cited an internal memo which said 400 employees in six countries would switch to IBM in May. Sacrificial lambs to be RA'd within a year or so of the acquisition closing. For recent evidence, just ask the Verizon folks that were... — read more 

My team was just asked last week to fill in a matrix of our skills and what were working on with timeframes. Now sometimes these requests can be data gathering for a big bid, but I know it’s not for a big bid this time as I know of several other... — read more 

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article224283465.html#storylink=latest_side

This is not my post but I thought it was relevant to us... Flagging it with #Gold ========= It's a part of a bigger shift to hire younger folks with lower salary requirements. Here is how the scam works (many companies are doing this): ... — read more 

When can we expect next round of layoffs? It is more and more obvious each day that anybody in their late forties or early fifties and up has no future at IBM. This leadership will stop at nothing to get rid of us, it seems. And unfortunately, they... — read more 

It’s obvious from the posting here the vast majority of the comments here are from one person....check writing style. Can you please stop?, you’re ruining the forum and making it look like your column. I’m definitely not sticking up for IBM, but get... — read more 

From Bloomberg today: "International Business Machines Corp. managers discussed ways to make the company’s workforce younger and move jobs overseas, according to a presentation filed in court recently."... — read more 

You say IBM overpaid, And I agree with you. BUT what was the alternative??? IBM had to get back into the game of cloud, and the only way to do that was buy Redhat or Hortenworks. They were the only 2 open source players left standing. (both have... — read more 

Of course, this title is metaphorical, but it paints a good picture of IBM’s journey from a conservative corporation to a corporation that cashes out the biggest amount for a tech company in history, for a company that is based on open source... — read more 

https://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/3068859/ibm-to-be-gone-from-aecom-by-spring-says-insider A depressingly familiar story that could be from any one of IBM's outsourced clients. No doubt the loss of this account increases the chance of more... — read more