Vice President of Worldwide SaaS Sales sents an email to software sales folks:
"IBM has 169 SaaS roles to fill with some in almost every GEO and Market.
Finding them and referring them to friends is as easy as 1,2,3.
Visit the IBM Referrals Tool and start sharing on social media and with your network of family and friends..."
It's f---ing pathetic. That's what it is...
As someone in the under 30 bracket working on a mainframe product, this whole "cut the 'old heads' and replace with new talent" thing is ridiculously stupid. The executives don't seem to realize how much of this just plain isn't taught in schools. Younger people can indeed do the job, and building a pipeline for the future is indeed important, but we need those "old heads" who know the job-specific details to mentor us. You can't just hire some 22 year old college grad, throw them into IBM-specific processes with little to no direction, and expect it to go well in the long run. It seems that literally everyone BUT the upper echelons realizes this.
Plus, the amount of younger people getting cut themselves (presumably so they can claim it's not age discrimination) is a HUGE deterrent to the very people they do need to attract. I know I've recently had a few soon to be grads contact me through my university's alumni network about working at IBM. I was honest and told them about the mass cuts going on, even to younger people. They all saw it as a huge red flag and thanked me for warning them so they didn't waste their time even applying.
I'm really not sure how Ginni and her buddies think this will work, or how they can get away with this in the long run. Are they that far removed from reality? (Ok we all know the answer to that one)
Obviously there is no one at IBM with whatever it takes to fill these roles. No one over 30 could possibly do this job or be trained to do it. There is no alternative but to cut the tens of thousands who can't do it, and hire fresh young people.
Note to Ginni: can't you see how freaking stupid this makes IBM sound?
Seriously? I would not even be so heartless to refer my worst enemies to work at IBM, definitely not my network of friends and family. I have a reputation and conscience to protect.
You think the U.K. is bad, you should see what we get in the US for severance. One month salary. That’s it. One month no matter how long you’ve been there.
RA across Cloud SW Europe.
20% reduction to be achieved 1H.
Voluntary or well financed in most countries, involuntary & statutory minimums in the UK (capped at £14k regardless length of service).
And this is a strategic imperative...?! The disparity of packages available between EU countries is shocking. We’re all just people at the end of the day, and at the scale of exits it’s not just low performers being shown the door. Truly disgusted.