More Cfius follow-up (see original post at: https://www.thelayoff.com/t/ScoZBit) Hopefully this bill gets signed into law. https://www.wsj.com/articles/tech-export-review-is-completely-inadequate-1522005757 Despite the national security... — read more 

(yes, that's sarcasm) With all of the talk about that age discrimination article, news about more layoffs, and everything generally going to hell lately, it's really exciting to work at IBM right now. Only, I could really use some less excitement... — read more 

IBM is to lay off more than one in 10 workers across the UK Technology Support Services (TSS) division, with insiders telling us that some areas will be hit so severely that clients will inevitably feel the pinch. . . . Notes from the TSS Employee... — read more 

Can anyone who has been part of a recent RA (preferably in US since laws vary) say what exactly is in the package? I know it's one month severance. Is the $2,500 education/retraining allowance in there? Do you get your regular health care until the... — read more 

Indian IT firms use IBM churn and burn model to layoff 150000 IT workers above age 40. This methid wa adopted by IBM from another indian company named Tech mahindra (a mahindra and mahindra group company #M&M) in 2009 -2010 to layoff 25000 employees... — read more 

Another one brilliantly bungled! IBM was originally hired to manage and implement a large-scale £55m technology upgrade. But “reckless” IBM paid no heed to its procedures and made a mockery of deadlines, leading to substantial delays to the project... — read more 

End of the quarter will be the date for layoffs. Say March 28th. This like clock work. Has anybody heard more about this? Any truth to it? I wouldn't be surprised to find this to be true, at least based on several previous layoffs. The end of the... — read more 

A few US managers that are normally very talkative/open about pending/planned RAs are now radio silent, no response at all. That feels a bit ominous. Maybe there was a meeting at Think or via conf call and everyone was called on the carpet about... — read more 

Don't waste your time looking for alternate jobs within IBM. You're blacklisted and this smokescreen is merely IBM paying lip service to UK/EU employment law. Also, don't be surprised when most of your IBM "friends" abandon you like you've contracted... — read more 

Apparently, IBM is one of the five companies who have had a rather miserable week due to the report that came out earlier and has spread like wildfire since then. All I can say to it right now - good. Hopefully something will actually come out of... — read more 

IBM India is now the off shore part of IBM services. It will soon be spun off or sold off for stock. Think the old CFO of IBM has his eyes on the new companies CEO position??? IBM is currently in the process of finalizing the right sizing of “high... — read more 

Did you know that IBM is the premier provider of Multivendor Software Support Services? Yes! For the last 20 years, IBM has been providing world class Linux Subscription and Linux and Microsoft SupportLine services! Now, IBM has expanded our offering... — read more 

Finally!!! If you look up IBM and age discrimination, there are hundreds of links now on different websites that cite the original investigative article that uncovered (as much as you can uncover something that is known to pretty much everybody) what... — read more 

Have any of you checked out the Honeywell layoff board? As bad or worse than IBM. We need to band together and expose these horrible companies. The (bad) joke at Honeywell for years has been if you make it to 55 you’re lucky. Because after 50 you... — read more 

The ProPublica article about age discrimination seem to be attracting enough attention that now there's a follow up on how the writers started investigating IBM in the first place. It looks like getting together and doing something might actually... — read more 

300 + GTS layoffs, told to look for other roles with in GBS/Security or be told your redundant on 6th april and work 3 months notice

Welp, Think has come and gone, along with various theories about when this RA will happen. I'm one of those who knows for sure it's going to happen, due to off the record conversations with a reliable manager, and being told that I'm on the list. One... — read more 

https://go.forrester.com/blogs/ibm-channel-executives-are-frustrated-with-the-pace-of-partners-transformation/

Now, let that sink in... #AgeDiscrimination

So after reading the article, it got me to thinking. In the accompanying piece, ProPublica talked about multiple sources including those that had not been quoted in the story. Which brings me to my potential theory and a question. Why would... — read more 

Relatively speaking, what are some of the "better" product development teams at IBM to be on? Please be objective.

Just curious, for everyone who complains about IBM, what teams are/were you on? Does anyone working within Watson as a Developer complain? What about working with some of the newest releases/products at IBM? Just curious.

Intersting read from Probublica: https://features.propublica.org/ibm/ibm-age-discrimination-american-workers/

About 10% of IBM US non-executive employees are still on the old retirement plan - the one that gives them a pension. IBM could cut down its headcount and save a lot of grief and stress by offering an exit package to these employees. Not a... — read more 

Pay slipped for about a quarter of CEOs in the Journal’s latest analysis, in some cases significantly. It fell by 43% for Ms. Rometty of International Business Machines Corp. , to $18.6 million. AT&T Inc. chief Randall Stephenson’s pay rose just 1%... — read more 

New frontiers, new collars: The 106-year-old tech giant continues to shift away from its legacy hardware and IT services business lines in favor of cloud computing, A.I. and corporate cybersecurity offerings. To staff up in these high-growth areas... — read more 

Chew on this - Tech has become blue collar, and IBM is leading the way (there other usual suspects here but I'll stick with us only). Those who will work longer and for less will get the jobs. That's corporate responsibility in an age where... — read more 

I’ve just overwhelmed by the way IBMS Have know Knowledge of the upcoming IRAs I was sitting in a restaurant overheard a female manager for analytics talking about Who will bee on the List. But what the heck right we are in Vegas parting it up... — read more 

How is the conference going? Only factual postings from people who are actually there please.

I'm using UPS MyChoice to be alerted to any incoming shipments to my home address. I see one that's due to be delivered Friday between 2:15pm and 6:15pm from IMCFS-MIRA LOMA. Can anyone that's received an RA package say what it looked like if they... — read more 

I am in technical sales, 9 years with IBM. I’ve been notified on Friday. Some other folks were cut too. It’s not a big RA in my group as pretty much everyone got axed in 2016 and 2017. I kind of knew it was coming and I was ready when my manager... — read more 

So the latest hoopla… There is a ton of talk about the % number RA cut that’s about to hit sales (specifically US based sales folks). I’ve got internal info from an exec and a VP that they are targeting about 30%, but the cuts will be gradual – the... — read more 

It’s just makes me think how IBM pays the FLM To attend the think conference in Las Vegas but instead of going to any sessions they hang out in the casino restaurants bars as I sit here and watch them all now I understand how IBM fails with their... — read more 

It is amazing how quickly a laid off person becomes nonexistent. No one will contact you to see how you are doing. None of your so-called friends and coworkers will mention your name. A manager in my group joked about all the empty offices being... — read more 

https://m.timesofindia.com/business/international-business/top-h-1b-visa-sponsors-staff-allege-poor-treatment-by-indians/amp_articleshow/63362732.cms

I'm not really sure if something is happening or not, but there are plenty of indicators to make me very nervous about the coming week. We have had enough of false alarms lately, so I'm trying not to get too worked up about it before knowing for... — read more 

Weak innovation. Weak execution. Low morale among the deployable / billable skills. Folks do not believe IBM's vision includes their future. Leadership is a mirage ..... Weak board .... Smells like GE. Break it into relevant units, spin off the... — read more 

Looks like the person who kept posting here saying this big 'spring' RA would occur the week after the Think conference (March 19-22) may have been right. Two layers of management said it was to be this past week, I know that for sure. Neither of... — read more 

Over the stressful years of IBM RA reign of terror over employees, I've put together a checklist of questions to ask and things to do "when the call comes". Some is from the list on the old alliance site. We may think we already know the answers, but... — read more 

In order to circumvent Cfius review and exploit the export-control system, China lures U.S. companies into disadvantageous joint ventures on Chinese soil with promises of access to the opaque Chinese marketplace. Through these arrangements and due to... — read more