CS major, small regional school. Graduating in 2022. Please chime in.

How do I contact Payroll at IBM after I've left the company? Please let me know, cannot find info on IBM's site... Thank you!

Who's swurprised? https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/at-work/tech-careers/most-ibm-employees-happy-about-ceo-change-blind-survey-says

My FLM confirmed this week that it's true - no cash bonuses for IBMers this year. "Top performers" - whatever that means - will get stock. No word as to how much, but when friends my age get cash bonuses in the tens of thousands every year for just... — read more 

Based on the scenario outlined in this article, no way Krishna will succeed. https://www.forbes.com/sites/georgebradt/2020/02/04/the–most-important-choice-facing-ibms-new-ceo-arvind-krishna/#15578c406c26

An article from a source Down Under. The last eight years saw Rometty aiming to capture Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft and Google, but did not reach this goal, with Merrill labelling it a “pipe dream”. D'uh! It always a pipe dream... — read more 

Who is Arvind Krishna? Krishna, 57, is an IBM lifer, having joined the company in 1990 after getting an engineering PhD at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has been a senior vice president at IBM since 2015, and a leader in... — read more 

Cringeley's gets rolling. . . Prediction #1 – IBM sells a division and disappears into Red Hat. Bye-bye GTS. https://betanews.com/2020/02/03/my-first-prediction-for-2020-ibm/

I wasn’t going to do this post until I learned IBM PR is out browbeating reporters (one of the rare activities where the company is still world class) for being “too harsh” by including actual performance metrics in stories about IBM’s CEO... — read more 

Some interesting tidbits in this article. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-31/ibm-s-new-ceo-is-mastermind-behind-cloud-strategy-for-growth

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-01-31/ginni-romettys-tarnished-record-ibm?fbclid=IwAR3qQx8CI5bssor4fdpZ5uNaikwFqWCLIGQKXveofYiayTYWEFlqWIoJQJs

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonobacon/2020/01/31/jim-whitehurst-becomes-president-of-ibm-why-he-gets-culture/#635934c16394

The list of notable IBM stumbles since 2012 is too long to list in this article. But on a big picture level, here are a few major ones: 1. IBM's massive software operations have grown more slowly than an enterprise software market... — read more 

Holy moly. . . https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/31/ibm-was-worst-performing-large-cap-tech-stock-during-romettys-tenure.html

So Ginni announced how great the quarter was, then explained the annual farce that is called a bonus to non execs. Another year of 'maybe next year'. Top contributors will receive bonus in stock - guessing it will be in some type of restricted... — read more 

The million-dollar question for IBM market observers? Did Big Blue — in promoting 30-year insider Arvind Krishna on Thursday night to replace long-time CEO Ginni Rometty in early April — just have its Microsoft Satya Nadella... — read more 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ibm-doubles-down-on-cloud-bet-with-new-leadership-team-11580476421 In his 30 years at International Business Machines Corp., IBM +4.80% incoming Chief Executive Arvind Krishna has witnessed what works in corporate... — read more 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ibm-splits-the-difference-11580495682 How does one shake up the leadership of a century-old company that prides itself on stability in the top ranks? The answer from IBM’s board: Very carefully. The company formally... — read more 

https://www.barrons.com/articles/ibm-stock-rises-ceo-change-arvind-krishna-ginny-rometty-51580493129 Can Arvind Krishna turn around IBM ? Thursday night, IBM (ticker: IBM) named Krishna as CEO, effective in April. He succeeds Ginny Rometty, who... — read more 

Dear Ginni, Do us another favor, please step down as chairman, you have done quite enough for us, just do us one last small favor. You announced your retirement and the stock price spiked, need we say more? You have the best PIP package than all... — read more 

Big Jim Kavanaugh cannot be too pleased at the present. And can you blame him much? If not Whitehurst for CEO, which would have been largely for public perception, the top job had JK's name written all over it. Like him or love him, he's a sharp... — read more 

Jim Whitehurst, Red Hat’s former CEO, is becoming our president... Thougts?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ginni-rometty-stepping-down-as-ibm-ceo-11580420650 IBM built its success on providing technology to other companies. But IBM was slow to adapt as corporations shifted from storing data on big servers they owned to... — read more 

Krishna just had his last all hands call... his charts were mostly showing red... good luck with that guy.

3/3/21, at the age of 63. Her obsession with 3's demands it

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/30/ibm-ceo-ginni-rometty-steps-down-arvind-krishna-to-take-over.html

I suspect there are layoffs coming for services and hardware. Power Hardware has bit hit every year in the spring for the last three years and the power 2019 numbers were really bad and 2020 is going to be a major challenge. Another way to cut... — read more 

Heard this directly from a friend, ex-IBM, who was told this by a recruiter: Many external job postings in Services are aimed at replacing 1 for 1 some staff currently at IBM. The recruiter told this to my friend as he was interested to bring my... — read more 

By every standard, Rometty has not delivered for IBM shareholders, and yet she remains CEO. https://investorplace.com/2020/01/the-activists-should-jump-all-over-ibm-stock/

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4319034-ibm-stagnation-continues-despite-red-hat

Nobody knows when layoffs will happen, but the overall number of employees should be public info. Do you know how many people work at the company? How about the office at Armonk?

It's good to talk: Union says IBM failed to consult system support techies as Scottish Power contract nears end TUPE or not TUPE? That is the question. Unison calls on lawyers ahead of 30 June D-Day... — read more 

Anti-bias rules. Except if you're over 40, then they'll be targeting rules. . . https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/22/ibm-ceo-ginni-rometty-calls-for-precision-regulation-on-ai.html

https://newsroom.ibm.com/davos?item=31555 Ginni spouting on "New Collar" and related – @7:57 – 13:45. Ginni on difficult decisions in stakeholder capitalism – 24:07 – 26:00. Ginni on corporate ethical behavior – 26:50 – 30:00. Ginni on... — read more 

https://www.barrons.com/articles/ibms-strong-earnings-has-people-excited-but-the-company-hasnt-turned-the-corner-yet-51579719488 One quarter does not a turnaround make. International Business Machines (ticker: IBM) shareholders are hoping the... — read more 

https://www.barrons.com/articles/ibm-stock-gain-earnings-51579733460 IBM stock had a nice day Wednesday, rallying more than 3% after the company posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter results. Earnings beat Street estimates by two cents a... — read more 

Another one jumps ship! https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/21/jpmorgan-hires-ibm-master-inventor-marco-pistoia.html

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4318444-ibm-q4-not-impressive

Lots of "adjusted for currency", "adjusted for divested businesses", "normalized for historical comparability", "non-GAAP operating results" combined with a favorable year over year quarterly compare and growth numbers for made-up discretionary... — read more