You are witnessing scorched earth management. The people who gutted the company ostensibly did it as part of a plan to transform it into something new. So what does that look like? What's the next step? Where does IBM go from here? IBM has been in... — read more 

I was notified of my RA in May 2018. I'm 66 years old and IBM does not hide the fact that it is replacing people of 50 with younger unskilled talent. The customer base is livid. IBM is replacing it's hard staff with business partners that do not have... — read more 

About 2 weeks from announce: cast your ballots now!

From the desk of Laurie Parko, VP - IBM America Marketing Services Center: RE: Ginni Rometty Visit Do not interact with Ginni or the group unless they approach you first. This means no selfies, no bathroom run-ins, elevator pitches, or water fountain... — read more 

"Like many other organisations, our gap is a result of having a lower percentage of females in senior, higher paid roles. We are committed to reducing and eventually eliminating this gap over the coming years." Too bad the US will never see... — read more 

I know The Register is never too kind to IBM, but do we really have to make it this easy for them? https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/28/ibm_chief_rometty_texas_staff/

Why not work for yourself, Good luck to all... http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-delivery-job-2018-6?amp%3Butm_medium=referral

Today I watch as the goodbye notes all come in. Today is the last day for almost my entire organization. A good team that did good work but someone decided to destroy it. No one told us why. There is no strategy behind it, just a devastating need to... — read more 

Message just received on the Facebook ibmsux page: I am an IBM employee in the RTP area and have received no info on the CEO visit to RTP. Would someone please post a copy of any emails or info they have about this visit?

Any suggestion? Who is the largest shareholder ofIBM?

I wonder if this tool can detect counterfeit CEO's? https://www.techspot.com/news/74763-ibm-builds-verification-tool-spot-counterfeit-goods-microscopic.html

This is from Forrester, so please do not trash me, complain to Forrester Wave team who published this. Anyhow, IBM is a clear leader in this space which will continue to be the critical element of any machine learning and AI developments in the... — read more 

I was RA'd on 4/25 from Truven. Many of us were affected. I can tell you that I feel much better about it right now as I've learned more about the bleak situation IBM is in.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/robotics/artificial-intelligence/layoffs-at-watson-health-reveal-ibms-problem-with-ai

I'm in the March class, so last day is Weds (1.5 days, woop woop!). Does anyone wipe/reset their laptop before returning it or will that cause issues or severance denial? I guess the Notes email and all that is their property or at least they feel it... — read more 

Discussion on VZ's site: @TQNptVS www.thelayoff.com/t/TQNptVS

This blog-site is a shocking collection of no-confidence votes enough to oust the board, So something is not working. The issues are NOT heard by shareholders who hold the REAL power to DISMISS the board. What is worse is that shareholders the likes... — read more 

https://www.cnet.com/news/university-of-michigan-outdoes-ibm-with-worlds-smallest-computer/#ftag=CAD590a51e Way to go UofM ! Good luck to Ginni and the Board of Directors to to lure these Millennials to Armonk !

These aren't blue collar or white collar jobs, they're "new collar" roles that prioritize capabilities over credentials. With nearly 16 million new collar jobs to be added in the U.S. by 2024, we must ensure our students have the skills they need to... — read more 

Interest is high for what this may mean for the site. There have been suggestions all over the place - decreased mission,increased mission or even a sale of part of the campus.

Even when employees join forces and decide to sue their former company, chances are it will not go in their favor. Which is why nobody is even trying to sue IBM even if we all know that age discrimination here is rampant... — read more 

Let’s say you’re one of the few who has an exciting, enjoyable job at IBM and you are a highly sought out employee. However, you are constantly scared about the future given that you’re still young enough to be mobile, and you have a very disengaged... — read more 

IBM is slowly alienating its best customers... the mainframe customers!! What a bunch of morons! https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/21/ibm_mainframe_docs/

Ginni is next latimes.com/business/la-fi-intel-krzanich-resigns-20180621-story.html

I'm a proud member of the March RA so my last day is Weds (June 27) and I'm as excited as a schoolboy on christmas eve. Can anyone say how quickly the final paycheck comes in the mail and whether it contains also the accrued/unused vacation and one... — read more 

Surely there's a master debater joke in here somewhere. https://247wallst.com/technology-3/2018/06/19/new-ibm-product-can-debate-humans-but-cant-turn-around-the-company/

IBM is next to get booted, just a matter of how soon. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ges-111-year-run-in-the-dow-comes-to-an-end-2018-06-19

Emails are going out today - this is affecting GTS and people will be notified before the close of business today. I am hearing that this is affecting Project Managers (again, again, again), and a range of tech positions, I am hearing they will spare... — read more 

There have been 2 companies called IBM. The first one was founded in 1911 and died in the 1990's. That was the IBM of full employment, unlimited opportunities and a reputation for the finest quality in the world. When that company died a cheap... — read more 

How many people here have faith in this leadership? How many believe that this management can get us back on the right path? Anybody? I don't think that there is a chance in hell IBM will ever be what it once was, but it can still be better than it... — read more 

See this post on Qualcomm's page: @TJo0MTK or https://www.thelayoff.com/t/TJo0MTK Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer contends that many modern management commonalities such as long work hours, work-family conflict, and economic insecurity are toxic to... — read more 

IBM's large cost cutting actions have affected skills development and travel, it's getting worse every quarter Ton of confusion over moving folks to remote work at home and now stressing co-location (180 turn) Employees are being pushed to be working... — read more 

It's interesting that top three have the most busy layoff pages on this site: AT&T: 366x IBM: 341x Intel: 211x Netflix: 133x Amazon: 59x Facebook: 37x @ElonMusk, Tesla: 0.9x (Bloomberg, 2018) https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/ceo-pay-ratio/ — read more 

"... The company (Equifax) announced Thursday it has named Bryson Koehler its chief technology officer. Mr. Koehler most recently served as CTO of International Business Machines Corp.’s Watson and its cloud platform ..." All I can say is wow... — read more 

Does anybody know what step of that reorganization that was (kind of) announced in January we are at? How many of the 10,000 positions that were expected to be eliminated actually got eliminated so far? I'm just wondering because I'm afraid that if... — read more 

IBM's constant reorganizations and layoffs has everybody wondering what our job now is. The RA was so big we're all making up lists of things we can't do any more. I wonder if anyone in upper management will look at those lists. Some of our teams are... — read more 

Lou Gerstner wrote in his book how he saved a million dollars eliminating a product demonstration floor in New York City—presumably at 590 Madison Avenue; but he exhibits little understanding of the impact of his cost-cutting decisions on sales... — read more 

IBM's a place where more than a hundred years of legacy torment the urgency of the change I, like many in my entourage, crave. IBM's a place where the juxtaposition of abundance and scarcity is palpable yet incapacitating. IBM's a place where... — read more 

I personally think that the reason why IBM's top mismanagement can NOT get acquisitions to be successes, is flat-out arrogance that starts with Ginni and spreads across the executive echelon! The execs immediately think that they know more than the... — read more