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 we worked out a way to eliminate any "grey area" that might constitute a BCG violation. All of a sudden, I have a nasty corporate investigator interrogating me. I did my best to respond to her requests but when I couldn't produce something (like a calendar entry from two years ago because I had deleted it to stay out of "mail Jail") she called me a liar and harassed me. If you have had any audit or even minor issue over the past several years they may dredge it out and get you on BCG violation. Ugly stuff. Back up your computer and be ready to hand it over and be escorted out of the building the same day. No package, no benefits, no goodbyes to colleagues, no human decency after 15+ years of faithful service
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This is not necessarily true - BCG that is
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 we worked out a way to eliminate any "grey area" that might constitute a BCG violation. All of a sudden, I have a nasty corporate investigator interrogating me. I did my best to respond to her requests but when I couldn't produce something (like a calendar entry from two years ago because I had deleted it to stay out of "mail Jail") she called me a liar and harassed me. If you have had any audit or even minor issue over the past several years they may dredge it out and get you on BCG violation. Ugly stuff. Back up your computer and be ready to hand it over and be escorted out of the building the same day. No package, no benefits, no goodbyes to colleagues, no human decency after 15+ years of faithful service