Fur sure either IBM provides adjusted guidance on their 2017 EPS or they don't & they just wind-up RA'g everybody to achieve it. "THE SECOND HALF: IBM’s first-quarter results threw its full-year adjusted earnings forecast of $13.80 per share into... — read more 

"'The narrative is becoming tedious — a lot of investments in next-gen tech but with little revenue impact and with increasing dependence on cost takeouts or below-the-line items to manage (earnings per share),' Barclays analyst Mark Moskowitz said... — read more 

"Investors should stay away of IBM stock." http://investorplace.com/2017/07/international-business-machines-corp-ibm-stock-not-good/view-all/ IBM stock isn't cheap, and it isn't a growth story -- that's a deadly combo

In IBM's case, they don't even want the older, relatively expensive workers to retire on time, they want want them gone long before they get anywhere near being older & relatively more experienced. "Here’s why this is happening: Some companies in... — read more 

Without a sustainable lever of tax rate manipulation and one-time boosters, like IP sales, then there's really only one other lever remaining. . ... — read more 

http://www.businessinsider.com/2009/2/ibm-to-north-american-employees-to-keep-your-job-move-to-india-ibm Recent announcements of mass layoffs have created new scrutiny around the H-1B visa program, which brings foreign tech workers (mostly from... — read more 

"Zacks Rank: IBM carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell). We caution against stocks with a Zacks Rank #4 or 5 (Strong Sell) going into the earnings announcement, especially when the company is seeing negative estimate revisions."... — read more 

https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/13/jefferies-gives-ibm-watson-a-wall-street-reality-check/ IBM’s Watson unit is receiving heat today in the form of a scathing equity research report from Jefferies’ James Kisner. The group believes that IBM’s... — read more 

"IBM will also send 20 employees, including top executives like Senior Vice President for Human Resources Diane Gherson and Chief Diversity Officer Lindsay-Rae McIntyre, to the Capitol on Tuesday to express their opposition to the bills in person."... — read more 

http://www.lightreading.com/artificial-intelligence-machine-learning/is-ibms-watson-overhyped-and-soon-to-be-outdone-/d/d-id/734540 IBM Watson may be the first name that comes to mind when you think artificial intelligence, ever since it beat out a... — read more 

A dire forecast indeed. . . "Pushing Into The Second Half Management had guided 'well below' consensus EPS for Q2 and Sacconaghi expects EPS guidance of 'at least' $13.80 for the year to remain unchanged. 'That said, we think IBM's EPS guidance for... — read more 

A grim forecast for sure. . . "No revenue growth The above graph shows that, in the last ten quarters, IBM has not once managed to meet or beat analysts’ expectations. In fiscal 1Q17, IBM reported revenue of ~$18.2 billion and non-GAAP EPS of $2.38... — read more 

Hilarious! Especially the audio of the first 5s. and at the ~40s. mark! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q5CqgE5cNQ

Move comes a year after layoffs at company's technology services group Hmmmmm. . .didn't Ginni just recently tout in an interview with Cramer that the goal for Watson would be mostly just augmenting human workloads, not actually outright replacing a... — read more 

Prep for RAs has started with a new colocation phase. Now home office employees in the U.S. within 50 miles of an IBM office are being told to shut down their home offices and start reporting to the nearest IBM office or mobility location as of 7/18... — read more 

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) has struggled for year to get out of what some analysts have called a value trap. However, Big Blue hasn’t made the headway it needs so far in 2017. As a result, one analyst is slashing its target for... — read more 

Gearboxed To be sold a promise, concept or ideal only to find you have been deliberately lied to or misled. Still wondering when we will be on the RA'd list ... possibly after earnings release on July 18th .. Any thoughts from anyone out there ?

What's point of this? The future of technology is beyond IBM reach long ago. Even before I was co-located out, though I was consistently rated 1 and 2+ every year, in Development we are borrowing other people stuffs, such as from Google, instead... — read more 

[Corrected Link below[ Your support is welcome. This letter is a constructive way to engage & participate. It will NOT be delivered to Ginni to preserve confidentiality of signatories. IBM external relations & PR is actively monitoring. Please make... — read more 

Isn't this inherently discriminatory by targeting a specific demographic of candidates? http://www-03.ibm.com/employment/us/new_collar.shtml

Yeah, this is one of many mistakes IBM has (and continues to. . .) made. "Companies that have low margins and high capital spending requirements will never be able to maintain the same kind of moat. Further, poor capital allocation decisions by... — read more 

Complicating the problem, older workers are also outnumbered in the workplace. There are 89 million millennials (roughly between 1981 and 1996) and 75 million boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) in the U.S., compared with just 49 million Gen Xers... — read more 

As the M.D. Anderson fiasco illustrates, IBM fell into the trap of over-promising and under-delivering. “IBM claimed in 2013 that ‘a new era of computing has emerged’ and gave Forbes the impression that Watson ‘now tackles clinical trials’ and would... — read more 

https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/item/left-ibm-layoffs-retirements For much of the past decade, IBM, once America’s premier technology company, has been scrambling to find its place in a world upended by newcomers such as Google, Amazon and... — read more 

One can hear Chopin's funeral march in the background. http://investorplace.com/2017/07/3-dow-jones-stocks-at-risk-right-now-cvx-ge-ibm/4/

Think about what I am sharing now. The future will be the automation and all the admins will be let go. IBM will not work anymore as it was done in the past with very good and skilled admins. Everything will be done by automata on IP Center and other... — read more 

It's time to cut your losses at IBM and work for a forward-moving company. IBM once offered a lot of promise to new employees who saw a bright career ahead with Big Blue. But the company is a shell of its former self and the dire situation will... — read more 

Get ready. . . The stock bottomed out near $150 on May 10 but has failed to gain ground in the past two months, despite a historic tech rally that has lifted many components to all-time highs. IBM stock has also failed to trade back into the broken... — read more 

Lots of new re-organization going on now in IBM. Cloud, Watson, Analytics all merging into one org. Of course, this is likely in order to severely reduce headcount after the black-out period ends when 2Q results are announced on July 18. Yet another... — read more 

Can someone please bring this to the awareness of IBM's BOD, please? *Some CEOs Mr. George speaks with, he said, are asking themselves “How much time do I have?” Corporate boards increasingly reply: Not much. “In boardrooms, sentimentality is... — read more 

For all folks that are not in the loop, here is a bit of info. I’ve seen some posts here on layoffs.com about being gearboxed but I am seeing some questions too. I have been gearboxed so I can talk about this – there is a large group of us that have... — read more 

Ms. Ginni Rometty Chairman to deliver sustainable long-term shareholder value; to recruit and retain top talent; and to promote high-value job growth in the geographies where IBM operates. Many loyal current and former IBMers share concerns with... — read more 

Unfortunately, don't see IBM specifically listed in this article, but perhaps they're just rolled-in to the overall figures. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-03/wall-street-investors-show-more-displeasure-with-company-boards Directors... — read more 

They are about to annihilate their sales group - things are moving to the cloud - Microsoft has always followed in IBM's footsteps ... from behemoth to monopoly to not-cool-anymore to a services company ... It's getting really interesting, but it's a... — read more 

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4085521-will-ibm-trade-100-next-recession Given IBM’s trailing four quarter sales of $79.3 billion and cash flow of $15.3 billion, we get a projected recession low valuation of $80 to $100 billion for market... — read more 

The hard truths of navigating ageism in IT http://www.cio.com/article/3198472/careers-staffing/the-hard-truths-of-navigating-ageism-in-it.html speaks about the notion of "Digital Natives" meaning typically younger employees who grew up with digital... — read more 

https://www.change.org/p/ginni-rometty-ibm-restore-trust-equity-to-support-ibm-families-communities From a group of IBM employees with link to sign open letter. Summary and Purpose of Our Open Letter This Open Letter is long, but its message is... — read more 

http://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-and-oracle-may-be-the-biggest-losers-when-it-comes-to-shifts-in-it-spending-2017-6 As more and more companies transition to the cloud, Oracle and IBM may find themselves in a fight for the bottom. The two technology... — read more 

So the divestitures are beginning in software products. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/certent-acquires-ibm-cognos-disclosure-management-and-clarity-7-solutions-and-enters-into-reseller-agreement-with-ibm-2017-06-30

So, it's tough to argue with the positivity of bringing jobs to a depressed region that sorely needs some uplift. But the article makes no mention of what, if any, tax breaks IBM may have negotiated with the State in exchange for bringing their... — read more