If IBM Ever Wants To succeed Then they should cut out all the travel expenses think of all the wasted money hotels flights food for what. IBM’s it technical company every employee in IBM travels has expenses if it’s $1000 per employee think of the... — read more 

IBM has taken down its employee "ACCESS IBM" phone list. Customers now must call India to find anyone at the company. The India call center says the system is "down" but will not acknowledge that this was done intentionally, though it has been... — read more 

I hear Blockchain will save IBM now. Seriously, can we come up with a better hype?

Rumor has it that the 3Q 2017 results are a complete disaster... Yeah I know, no surprise there. But the other part of the rumor is that a major shake up at the top is in the cards... Could Rometty finally be leaving us?

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/are-you-a-senior-level-employee-in-an-it-firm-theres-bad-news-for-you/articleshow/61017984.cms

IBM once again getting a sharp stick in the eye. "Meanwhile, Facebook is on track to have yet another killer quarter. Last week a Deutsche Bank analyst, Lloyd Walmsley, told investors: 'Facebook is the new IBM (in a good way). …We think Facebook is... — read more 

http://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-wants-dreamers-protected-by-the-end-of-the-year-2017-10 Shouldn't the CEO of IBM focus on other things when she has presided over 20+ quarters of REV and earnings declines?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/19/ibm_watson_toy_finder/ Billions of dollars in machine learning R People seem to want the Apple Watch, Legos are still cool, and some company called 'Samsung' sells a lot of TVs. Watson Trends news Stunning... — read more 

Am already certified for the "Expert" level in the old world term, the CF, (which no one would probably care nowadays, with Checkpoint being the new thing). Was taken on a project for a B9 position with the assurance that if i get client accolades... — read more 

https://www.businessreport.com/article/tech-workers-ibm-shortfall-reflects-struggling-industry IBM’s failure to fulfill its promise of creating 800 jobs this year is an unsurprising reflection of a local technology sector that struggles to recruit... — read more 

An article from almost exactly one year ago by Sammy P., former CEO of IBM and a filthy rich unabashed globalist who, after reading this article, certainly sounds quite concerned about the decline in globalization and what effect that will have on... — read more 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2017/10/06/ibm-should-cut-down-on-outsourcing-to-india/#489a6d204116 IBM remains an American-based, not an Indian- based company, as a recent New York Times article gave the impression to some readers... — read more 

"In return, the state offered the company nearly $30 million in performance-based tax incentives, tens of millions more in other public funds, and $500,000-per-year 'lease assistance' payments for its downtown offices in Baton Rouge." IBM sure knows... — read more 

I was going through the latest 25 on this site, and noticed that Meijer is offering their laid off employees positions at IBM. So, ummmm, what? Is there a connection between us and Meijer I'v somehow missed? If not, why would be laying off our own... — read more 

It's an "opinion" - the fact is, this is a legacy industry with margins under so much pressure that in many cases it makes no sense to pursue many of the deals we currently get engaged in. It's Econ 101: our industry's extra high margins of the 80s... — read more 

It feels like 20 years though: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/25/ibm_picks_rometty_for_ceo/

Pathetic place to work. The people are what make the company and sorry to say the people working at IBM right now are so pathetic. They have put recent Walgreen's checkout employees as TL's because they don't have any technical skills. Think about... — read more 

Any successful challengers to their PIP terms out there? things like no warning of PIP, no communication of what needed to improve, unmake-able PIP objectives, extremely short PIP time frame (30-40 days), no feedback on current achievement vs others... — read more 

Why did IBM's 31 DACA employees became a sudden priority worthy of a trip to DC for the CEO? Along with a stated goal to not raise H1-B salary minimums, the backing of H.R.392 - Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017 is a key issue... — read more 

Sounds like more RA's are certainly coming for non-India based employees. http://thehill.com/opinion/international/353354-indias-ibm-conquest-is-an-ominous-sign-for-american-industry

Never seen one with real responsibilities. Other then finding someone to work on an issue, delegate work from above what do they really do?

I was told by three managers at IBM that the field sales layoffs beginning in October of 2016 continuing into March of 2017 were generated by WATSON (the AI) . Those impacted weren't able to Open Door their termination nor were their first or second... — read more 

The rumor where I work was the next round of colocations would be announced around now. Has anybody heard anything?

The rumor is that the pensions will be smaller if compared what Fidelity Investments was projecting for us. I have a couple years to go - this makes me nervous and anxious.

$135.21B as of today Fri 9/29/2017. Keep in mind that $116B was invested in share repurchases since 2007. Assuming a 2% inflation and average 11.5B per year repurchase, the present value of 116B is about 125B. Therefore, current market cap (135B)... — read more 

https://wolfstreet.com/2017/09/28/ibm-bulks-up-in-india-guts-us-jobs-to-please-wall-street/ But IBM’s strategy isn’t working out. In its long and illustriously checkered history as technology pioneer, IBM has more recently become famous for three... — read more 

So how can IBM say they haven't made money and they are laying people off. But I no that tech software sales just got 5-6 percent pay increase something wrong with that ?

4% total headcount cut at lenovo See https://www.thelayoff.com/t/PuCnzwx Or @PuCnzwx

Hope everyone likes curry. . . https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/technology/ibm-india.html

https://medcitynews.com/2017/09/former-ibm-employee-ai-truth-needs-come/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz--qJFuAsJBNn92Rvv92XAqiS11d9XOHUPVw5KSUMWPE9TA7rEdsV_wq-bAbbWQCVRpLlZ_6VEk5V1Tsik2-SpAAszSOBYttl9E3WumfabCFrRjAKgM&_hsmi=56804885

I have been working for IBM in Costa Rica for a year. We make $3USD an hour - this is not enough even for the basics. I know that people in the U.S.A. do not like us as jobs are lost but I can tell you that we do not have it here nicely too - it's... — read more 

"Some of those changes sound in spirit like the sort of reforms that Apple, Google, Microsoft, IBM and others have lobbied Congress to adopt for many years. But Trump’s plan, which he will unveil during a speech in Indianapolis this afternoon, lacks... — read more 

I joined CBD in early July and am aligned to CPT. I am struggling to find a project! I've been doing training, reaching out to managers and partners, and applying for positions. I've probably applied to over 20+ seats and reached out to over 20... — read more 

Ibm has always relied on relationships to sell their products. In the last 18 months ibm has retired out their relationships for cheap labor and a superior delivery of service bet. Retiring out relationships is usually a very poor bet as most... — read more 

Big Blue hosed the hosers! http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/21/that_57m_ibm_contract_ended_up_costing_185m_well_blame_canada/

This just came to my team (outside the USA). They ask you to choose between agreeing to come back in or voluntarily resigning. If you agree to leave voluntarily you of course don't get a severance package and where I am you won't qualify for... — read more 

Video of the full panel discussion (about 51 min.) about corporate tax reform from the BRT: http://businessroundtable.org/issue-hub/tax-reform

I received a not so subtle message from my manager that there will be cuts following 3Q (after end of Sept sometime). I don't know any more details. Heard anything else?

From seeking alpha: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4108110-ibm-shareholders-need-employee-enthusiasm-engagement-passion?auth_param=1di6fc:1csa33g:f79a0d1fc52a7a26a717e6e1717a9b33&dr=1&uprof=82&utoken=67dea4223405bc8d9459c3577c96d904a2156365 With a... — read more 

Does anybody know if IBM ever offers voluntary layoffs? At this point in time, I'd jump at the opportunity.