Let's see what do we have on the official IBM blog: https://www.ibm.com/blogs/smarter-workforce/2017/05/making-telework-work-insights-siop-2017/ An IBM-convened panel at SIOP 2017 explored the benefits and challenges of remote working. With... — read more 

"IBM has said it hasn’t found remote work saves money. It also said the shift away from remote work isn’t aimed at cutting costs—though inevitably some employees leave as a result." . . .though inevitably some employees leave as a result. <-- 'Tis... — read more 

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/opinion-this-is-the-most-recommended-us-stock/ar-BBBOlAy Apple is not the U.S. stock that is currently recommended by the greatest number of newsletter editors. Believe it or not, it’s IBM (IBM) ... — read more 

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/02/lululemon-ceo-blames-ibm-for-site-outage.html

The "Work at Home" idea was a great way to scam IBM out of productivity. It never worked as envisioned, I knew many of these scammers and it was just a way for them to work a lot less hours in a week. They would supposedly work hours like 8 to 5, but... — read more 

Surely an amusing paragraph if ever there was one! http://time.com/4759416/most-influential-people-tech/ "15 Ginni Rometty In the five years that Rometty has served as IBM's CEO, she's showed no sign of slowing down. Sealing partnerships with nearly... — read more 

So can't quote the entire article here as it's largely graphics, and a lot of folks probably won't be able to view it, as it's behind a paywall, but Ginni was 2nd on the women CEO list (Meg Whitman of HPE was first), but look at Ginni's %-gain in pay... — read more 

Video: https://streamable.com/qquaq Ginni Rometty leaves IBM Hursley Park Repost from youtube.com/watch?v=PqTydmJ794s

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/30/ibm_ceo_rometty_tries_to_erase_the/ Not a good fit. Apparently IBM has tried to erase the photograph of the Big Blue chopper that CEO, president and chairman Ginny Rometty used to fly to the UK R&D labs... — read more 

It never stops

Just had a new re-org announcement in GTS and it looks like they have found a way to add even more managers to the already bloated mgmt structure. It's no wonder IBM is losing their a-- every qtr. It's time to find another job with a company not... — read more 

At about 1:30 p.m. ET Monday, May 22, the redcross.org public website went down due to a commercial power outage at the IBM Data Center in Annapolis, Md. Oracle, the platform which hosts redcross.org, is powered out of the Annapolis facility... — read more 

Wow, they're sure getting they're a wonderful ROI on their investment in me. . . Here are the 12 tech companies with the highest revenue, ranked by how much they take in per employee: IBM: $244,447 per employee... — read more 

There has been a worldwide action in IBM yesterday and today. People in North America, EMEA and Asian countries have been let go or told to find alternate jobs within IBM. It was a shocking news to people this morning across the globe.

30-40% of a major section in IBM got "gearboxed" across the board two days ago. They're being told explicitly that these aren't layoffs in that HR will be helping all find jobs in the more "growing" parts of IBM, but moral has been pretty low in the... — read more 

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/26/ibm_asks_contractors_to_take_a_pay_cut/ Big Blue is 'shifting service delivery model to dedicated employee workforce' but clients aren't happy Exclusive IBM is not just banning the hire of new contractors and... — read more 

In 2008 there were 4200 IBM employees in Rochester In 2017, there were 2,427 (Jan. 13, 2017) That's a 42.2% drop in about 9 years. To achieve the same 2008 employment levels, IBM Rochester would have to grow 73% See more here:... — read more 

https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/05/24/women-ceos-earn-big-pay-but-few-them-have-top-job/FxhsonWfNkRO0xWzXvb1GI/story.html NEW YORK — Women CEOs earned big bucks last year, but there are still very few of them running the world’s largest... — read more 

"Police noted in the affidavit that Gomez was listed as a contract employee for IBM." Guess his contracted wage wasn't sufficient. http://www.kvue.com/news/crime/0421-theft-charge-robert-gomez/433120529

https://www.gurufocus.com/news/524034/hitachi-to-deliver-new-mainframe-based-on-ibm-z-systems-in-japan Hitachi will exclusively adopt the IBM z Systems high-performance mainframe hardware technology as the only hardware for the next generation of... — read more 

Anyone by chance see the four page ad in the Times? Sounds like this IBM is some up and coming company. Looks like pretty hip place to work. They hiring?

We know where this is leading. . . https://seekingalpha.com/article/4075450-red-flags-ibm A beautiful list of red flags, which he then provides support for each point in his clearly written, not-too-lengthy article: "Decline in revenue over multiple... — read more 

https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/ibm-just-committed-cultural-and-creative-suicide.html IBM has told its employees that they can't work from home. The end of "Big Blue" is nigh. For years, IBM has touted its "work from home" policy as a reason for... — read more 

Yet another re-org started in the old SWG organization. Panic everywhere, nobody really knows where they will end up or whether they will have a job... Will probably take a month or more to settle, in the meantime nothing happening, business is at a... — read more 

I am hearing rumors from 2 sources within IBM of another "transition to retirement program" that may be coming in 3Q. Work week reduced to 3 days, salary reduced by one third, maximum time 15 months before having to retire, but no impact to health... — read more 

Well, so, we know Ginni can't RA the entire U.S. workforce, as then the Chinese would have nothing to steal! "International Business Machines Corp was not identified by name in the complaint. But a LinkedIn profile for Xu said he was employed as a... — read more 

So, the parent company of WebEx is following in our footsteps: Work From Home (WFH) aka remote work to end in Q4 Source: https://www.thelayoff.com/t/NnpeYFO Or: @NnpeYFO

Happened a few weeks ago, so not new news, but still quite humorous: Mr. Agile left Big Bleu after only a scant few years. But certainly the biggest, or at least the strangest revelation is this nugget: "Mr. Previn’s mother, the actor and activist... — read more 

Just want to confirm this is correct as I never 'saw this memo'.... This is from El Reg: Repeated redundancies and a recent directive to limit travel expenses on a round trip to £75 have typified life in an organisation that is desperately trying to... — read more 

http://www.investopedia.com/news/ibm-pension-fund-sells-ibm-stock-q1-13f-shocker-ibm-wfc/ When Warren Buffett, the celebrated investor, billionaire, and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, makes an investment move, thousands of investors around the globe... — read more 

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/19/ibm_ceo_flouts_travel_restriction_in_chopper/ IBM’s glorious leader Ginni Rometty – also known in some corners as the axe woman – this week c---ed a snook to the corporate directive on travel restrictions by... — read more 

In my small corner of hell, dozens of people working on customer contracts which we are bound to deliver on by contract are leaving. As far as new sales goes, the IBM'ers who are leaving are the only ones who know what we do and how to engage with... — read more 

Massive number of Lay Off happening. 21 resources have been sacked in POSH in 2017. IBM is doing whatever they like. we need to regroup for our own benefits.

Any IBM employee adversely impacted by the relocation to regional offices should reach out to a manager. Oftentimes at IBM an issue can be resolved simply by contacting the manager of the IBMer carrying out this undesired action. IBM managers never... — read more 

What a joke. Right after IBM said displaced people could apply for other IBM jobs, they slapped on a "no new hires" to every department in the company! That's right. Go find another job in IBM, whoops, not so fast, no departments in IBM are allowed... — read more 

Another article about the co-lo nonsense, so not new news, but there's some gems in here, like these two paragraphs -- "Relocating offices or asking employees to move can sometimes be read as layoffs in disguise, since a certain percentage of workers... — read more 

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/business/2017/05/18/ibm-remote-workers-head-back-office-leave As more and more employers follow the trend of offering workers more flexibility about where they do their jobs, one corporate giant is putting a halt... — read more 

Are you kidding me with these know-nothing lazy millenials ? "What the hell we s'posed to do you moron?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trljmnV6blE

There is definitely something going on. Some IBM Execs are being recalled from various location around the world. Not sure what but it could very well be a shake up on top.

a friend being ra'd is short of the age 55 requirement by about 1 yr 5 months. has 20+ years service. typically ibm will only bridge 1 yr these days. anyone know how to get hr to approve a longer bridge to retirement? otherwise fha account and... — read more