Thread regarding IBM layoffs

@bb I could not have said it better myself. HOWEVER have you ever tried to CALL the FBI? It is IMPOSSIBLE! Well you can CALL. But you will be sent to the longest and frustrating phonemail menu options path ever built. After 24 choices and 26 minutes in the end it will simply say report it online and hang up. Bizarre!

What is left to be said about the clown show and dumpster fire IBM has become? The poem about SCOUNDRELS and FEDORAS made me laugh out my coffee this AM for a great laugh! All you can do!

A scoundrel is a master of charm and mischief—someone who bends the rules, wears a clever smile, and always has an escape plan. Here is a poem capturing their roguish spirit. This is the IBM Cabal EXACTLY!

They walk with a swagger, they speak with a grin,
A delicate balance of virtue and sin.
With pockets of promises, silver and light,
They vanish like shadows ahead of the night.

They know every secret, they’ve mastered the art
Of picking the lock on an innocent heart.
They bow with politeness, they tip their fine hats,
Then slip through the alleys like alley-bound cats.

No truer companion in times of a test,
Though trusting them fully is never the best.
For scoundrels will promise the moon and the sea,
Then leave you with laughter, and leave you set free.

So here’s to the rascals who toy with the rules,
Who live by their wits and make proper men fools.
They color the dullness of every gray day,
Then tip their fedoras and vanish away.

@bb :

The day is not far till the client gets zero savings by useless offerings from IBM and sues them for selling powerpoint slides for millions of dollars

@ad since this is a running Ponzi scheme and IBM Legal doesn't care to stop it, is it worth tipping off the FBI and SEC about this fraud ?

After all, this "client zero" bunk is like the Emperor's New Clothes story.

As PT Barnum said "There's a su---r born every minute". Isn't that true with Alvind and his Pipmunks ?

How much of the 4.5 billion was a result of offshoring? I would say at least 1/2

@ab well, these lines are so close to ones that the McKinsey and IBM BS consultants use to spew when they came came around to tell everyone about the "follow the sun" methodology and the "Outsourcing To India "trend in the late 1990s. You would be freed up from your job to pursue higher value work.

If you asked them what higher value job you would be doing after your current job had gone to India, those same IBM and McKinsey people gave you a dirty look as though you were mentally re--rded. Very rarely was there ever a straight answer from them. It was lambs to the sla-ghter in the US.

Where are those crooks now, eh ?

IBM saved billions a.k.a handed out the money to shareholders that would have been the salary of 8000 HR folks who were fired so that CEO could collect his millions of dollars in bonus. Employee experience ? Use AskHR that is useless, then send an email for support so that someone can look into the issue with AskHR, then go thru this cycle of endless frustration. End goal is that you realize there is no point in asking any policy related questions because there is no HR. To keep your job, watch the client zero videos created by clueless but cunning senior executives, and flawlessly repeat this cost saving bullsh-t from the videos to clients to sell cr-p created by offshore developers that doesnt work. IBM will support you with the curated content in your linkedin feed to make this sh-t glitter like gold. If you are unable to sell the cr-p , then IBM saves even more because you get PIPed to oblivion.

no no no silly; not $4.5B it is $45B savings! Next year it will be $90B savings.

Ponzi

Your promises mean nothing if they lack
fidelity. It grieves a man to hear
such welcome words, then have them taken back
without the least regret before a year
has passed. I thought our future was secure,
but that just shows me what a fool I’ve been—
I hadn’t met the likes of you before,
which might explain how I was taken in.

You did not say you were my honeybee
or whisper secrets while we shared a cup,
but when you sold me on your money tree
I never dreamed I’d see it belly-up.
You offered hope of vast financial gain,
but naught to cope with loss or soften pain.

"the technology is freeing up creative teams from menial tasks"

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the technology is freeing up creative teams from their jobs

What a load of IBM-speak: "talk a lot, say nothing of substance." What he means is they fired most of the writers and designers, and now rely on AI to create content. Then the content gets tweaked by people where English is their second language. Wow. What creative flows forth!! The one person that could be replaced by AI (or a tree) is Ad-shack. His first day as CMO he said "I don't know anything about marketing." We were all truly inspired having that kind of IBM leadership. Then fire all the US-based folks and get our curry friends to "fix the words" that AI creates. It makes for a cheap way to create content. And, as per usual at IBM, you get what you pay for. Glad to be gone.

Pure garbage.