Fired after 35 yrs with IBM and excellent evaluations every year. Knew it was just a matter of time. IBM classified older workers as "retired"...obviously skewing the numbers. This time around 30 days severance.
Year after year IBM takes more from employees and is on track to reduce US regular workforce and replace them with contractors, vendors and those with work Visas and offshore work, searching for the cheapest labor. Its the old shell game. All while the company continues to report consecutive losing quarters since Ginny's reign began, the queen got a big salary & bonus.
Blood money. Board of Directors sleeping on the job or in bed with Ginny. Would discourage anyone from taking a job with IBM.