Who's left? Cut, cut, cut cut.... wonder when Ginny will be gone?

In the 1980s IBM had 200,000 people in the USA... Today, less than 70,000 people work at IBM. Layoffs, attrition, neglect, strategic shifting, all of that took a toll on the US worker. And we did buy PwC and tens of thousands of consultants in the US... — read more 

It's been like this for about 15 years now - it's a sweatshop now

IBM is a huge company and at any point in time one group would be doing layoffs while the other one will be hiring. It’s a constant pull and push, the company is trying to adjust as we move along. Having 100s of thousands of employees, this often... — read more 

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What is the likelihood of IBM layoffs in Armonk in 2016? Please let me know if you have any information.

I saw 90% of the SA's I knew there train their H1B replacements from India and then be let go. it started about 5 years after I joined, and by the time I left there, I knew less than 5 SA's who were born in the US, out of a plant that had 1000's of... — read more 

Contracting sucks but sometimes (especially after layoffs) you have to do what you have to do, so here is my advice. Seek out recommendations from people at IBM that you know well to get an idea of which agencies treat their people well. Setup a... — read more 

How dare you pretend the core values still matter, even in the middle of large IBM layoffs. How dare you pretend everything is OK with IBM when you lay off people. Exciting new structure. Ever think of why some groups are doing well where others... — read more 

Take IBM (IBM). It has combined share buybacks with tax gimmicks, capability-crippling outsourcing, unsustainable work pressures, relentless cost-cutting, automatic culling of staff, fading technical expertise, strengthened bureaucracy, acquisitions... — read more 

We had over 1,200 people here in Dubuque, Iowa. I think we are under 800 now and people are talking about losing even more folks by the end of the quarter of calendar year. Jobs are moving offshore, Columbia is adding headcount and they will continue... — read more 

Have no idea what's going on in the US. Nothing in my immediate surroundings.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/at-work/tech-careers/massive-worldwide-layoff-underway-at-ibm

200 folks was let go this week, they will continue to shrink the footprint here in the States as it relates to GDCs - we are way too expensive and they will continue to cut workers in the USA. Layoffs will continue through 2015 and IBM is hiding the... — read more 

Aside from direct layoffs that happen pretty much all the time at IBM, the management is very sneaky when it comes to designing attrition programs to get folks quit without receiving severance payments that may be sometimes very good for folks that... — read more 

What's a typical severance package?

IBM shares off 7% after big earnings miss

We'll start the purge on 11/1 @ 3pm EDT

I understand that compensation varies per region, so, if you can, please post numbers for East / West Coast and Mid-West. Thanks!

Would someone please explain the T2R concept to me. I am not with IBM but would like to learn about the practical outcomes of the concept (my company will have something similar to T2R)

OK, let's start with the name, come on, "Project Apollo", who's so smart to name the project by the god of Music, Healing & Prophecy. And was not he super handsome too? I guess Rommetty likes looking at those Greek sculptures of super handsome gods... — read more 

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Growth to come from cloud, analytics, big data, mobile and security... Hardware always suffers, damn it.

We just missed a billion dollar in revenues - EVERY TIME WE DO SIMILAR SIZE DROPS we do layoffs, simple as that. There will be no hiding here...

they are using BCG as a way to fire people. It is a double score for IBM: get rid of an "expensive" US employee without severance! I had this happen to me. They resurrected an old audit from 2 years ago. I had met with my manager over a year ago and... — read more