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.

Ginni whining about the taxes code in the US not being competitive. Just like her hero Donald, constantly repeating the lie that corporations pay 35%. Well they don't, the effective rate after all of their loopholes and accounting tricks are... — read more 

Oh please. . . She just happened to be in D.C. for BRT business and knew the optics of this would reflect positively upon Big Blue. Otherwise, there's no way she goes to D.C. for 31 employees. And I'm sure she really cares about these particular 31... — read more 

IBM has been laying off key people for years based on broad division / group budget without any regard to needs. It hurts morale and kills ability to execute. I have heard from some people that they are now using "performance Improvement Plans" (PIP)... — read more 

Who will be Ginni Rometty's Successor. What kind of skills does the new CEO need to have and how long do we have to wait before this actually happens. At this point it looks like she'll rule forever and she does not indicate that there may be any... — read more 

"Despite the occasional high-profile crackdown on working from home (at International Business Machines Corp. earlier this year, for example), this trend seems to be accelerating. And the lines on the above chart reflect only people who worked from... — read more 

Michael Preiss was happy to escape the corporate grind after being laid off by International Business Machines Corp. in 2001. He became a contractor, earning more than $100,000 a year from steady assignments helping companies figure out how to do... — read more 

"But an IBM-built enterprise backup system for the bank has seen non-scandalous implementation delays. The decision to take DSA in-house is therefore an interesting notable moment in the long relationship between the two. If it turns out the be the... — read more 

Seems a mass exodus from Watson the unit is underway. https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2017/09/06/united-technologies-hires-ibm-vet-steve-abrams-to-lead-data-science-efforts/ He joins UTC after more than 20 years at Big Blue, where he worked on Watson By:... — read more 

Anyone else not get a paystub in their email as we usually do the day before payday? Wondering if it's just me or an ominous hint that I'm about to be cut. Such is the f'ing stress that we live under every day working for IBM, a company that I'm sure... — read more 

In a statement, IBM expressed disappointment at the outcome, saying it had the most innovative technology platform to serve the Defense Department. It seems that the DoD disagreed with this assessment... — read more 

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dr-andrew-norden-former-ibm-watson-health-deputy-chief-health-officer-joins-cota-as-chief-medical-officer-300518143.html

Would someone be able to help here – I am a recent CbD grad and I was put on a PIP list. My manager told me I would be let go within a month if I am still unable to find myself a project. I was trying to locate severance info on w3 – could not locate... — read more 

IBM has maintained its profitability for 17 years by replacing its highly productive, highly motivated and therefore highly paid individuals with lower-wage, less-productive, less-motivated employees - this has maintained profits but it has not... — read more 

https://www.statnews.com/2017/09/05/watson-ibm-cancer/

Management is the greatest inefficiency in any organisation. Six years ago Gary Hamel wrote a hugely influential piece called First, Let’s Fire All the Managers. It outlined the huge inefficiency tax that management layers over an organisation: As an... — read more 

The latest IBM's bright idea... Some competition to improve work office designs!! How is that going to help the top and the bottom lines?!? I can't believe we actually pay people to come up with stupid ideas like that. This company is really... — read more 

"Experts who have spent years researching the space told CNBC that IBM blundered by prioritizing headlines over peer-reviewed evidence. Still, there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the potential for machine learning to help detect... — read more 

The WH team has been kept in the dark and fed p--p since the beginning. This writer NAILED what Watson for Oncology is vs. how it is being presented. It's no wonder that they only have two users in the US, one of which is MSK where it was developed... — read more 

What you have described is what is happening in the US except it usually starts at 10+ years. Companies hold severance over your head forcing you to do a "knowledge transfer" to your younger, cheaper replacement. What Stupid American Companies don't... — read more 

Oh how times change, how the mighty have fallen. IBM used to be the most admired company of them all... Today, I have to hold my breath when I look to see if my pension check was deposited... September 2017, I survived another month, the check was... — read more 

Reason given for RA was that position is no longer required but they don't like me to WFH and forcing me to choose other option than the 90days package. And they expect me to be at work and help them..well why should I do that. I was thinking of... — read more 

Ginni please don't speak of IBM's core beliefs and values on this one. As if. What about this book >>> "IBM and the Holocaust" https://www.amazon.com/IBM-Holocaust-Edwin-Black/dp/0914153277 Still want to discuss IBM's core beliefs and values? Didn't... — read more 

Recently all of IBM employees received cut in pay bit CEO got massive increase (millions). My husband had his pay cut by over 10k a year ($5 an hour). They were told you either take it or your contract is terminated effective immediately... — read more 

US citizens must feel blessed be happy, you are are not born in india, There is a harsh fact on the dark side of Indian IT sector sweatshops, who have steady supply of fresher college grads who are ready to work for pittance. There is massive drive... — read more 

Several people told to look for other jobs and given no time line for when it will be time to leave. This is akin to being a gear thrown into a box before being thrown into the trash. The maniacal dogs running this dying company have no clue what... — read more 

Do you know whether the hiring freeze for the Weather Company will be in effect much longer? I wanted to see if any insiders would be willing to share whatever the rumors are about this - it's has been in effect for a while now and there is a few... — read more 

Any layoff are atleast methodical and done in professional manner - Look at thing in Indian MNCs Any layoff are at least methodical and done in professional manner - Look at things in Indian MNCs no minimum respect for employee -still want to proof... — read more 

"Buffett, chairman and chief executive of conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc, said about Apple compared to IBM: 'I feel more certain about the future as I look at a company like Apple than when I look at IBM now.'"... — read more 

If IBM Ever Wants To Make Money Then Look. At Big Pictures Something You Don't See Is All The Vp and First Line Managers Do Nothing But Cover There Buts. They show Reports That Are not True They Fuge There Numbers Just To make There Qwota # If... — read more 

I just got an email from "IBM IT" (IBM logo and all) in my internal IBM email that said I needed to click the link below so that IT can test whether my password is sufficiently strong. Ok, well that would be pretty dumb. If this is from someone... — read more 

Worked there about two years ago. It was a nightmare. I was expected to buy everything myself - pens, mice, monitors, etc. Bosses wants you to learn everything in a few weeks, but Workers assigned to train you, refuse to give any real training during... — read more 

"The return on net buyback cost is negative in every year except 2016. The cumulative return for each year is negative relative to the current share price."... — read more 

"I think it’s hard for a CEO to change his or her spots. Some can, but most can’t. So in most cases you’re going to need a new leader. And the board of directors really has to buy into it, because not only are you changing your strategy, you’re... — read more 

"IBM CEO Ginni Rometty reveals that she now accepts that she is a role model 'on appropriate things.'" Appropriate things encompasses what? A role model for swinging the headman's axe?... — read more 

So they're finally going to close this deal and provide affordable living quarters for all the "new collar" workers that they're going to be hiring! https://www.wsj.com/articles/cheap-rents-attracting-millennials-to-converted-office-parks-1503399601... — read more 

1/3 of IBM Watson media was laid off 4 days ago. 20 something permanent employees.. the weather company has laid off 30 engineers as well.

First off if they ever want to bee successful again then they need to stop all the BUE and the first line manager that do nothing but travel around and say in hotels plane ride and just partly it up on wasted so called Business trip there are so many... — read more