Just that we stopped receiving heat from the public on Watson a publicity disaster like this happens and if the media and the NGOs blow this out of proportion (and they will certainly try to), I think it will deliver another massive blow to IBM’s... — read more 

Reading on the hour cutting for contractors that begins next week, I see only that the GTS guys are writing posts and saying that they have been already told about this. Are any of the other contractors affected by this reduction?

Please note that IBM combined GTS and GBS in 1st q thus making 15k heads redundant (you would think that redundancy should have been worked off by now). ALSO note IBM laid off in 1st q across the board to head off a slow down in system z lifecycle... — read more 

The days of IBM being all things to everyone have been abandoned. Cloud go to market marketing strategy will allow IBM to reduce head count 50-60%. It will also allow approx 60% of the remaining heads to be offshore. You can do the math, as to where... — read more 

I was involved at patenting at IBM. IBM is very good at picking a focus area and then filing patents on every niche possible. Patent numbers are more important than quality ideas, and the VAST majority of their patents will never be used in any IBM... — read more 

Here is the situation, a golden IBM classic: we just got an update that they (VPs) have requested all contractors on our account to cut their hours starting next week. This is to last three weeks. As we have a major deployment in a week, this will... — read more 

https://www.reddit.com/r/newIBM/comments/9fah33/gts_mandatory_work_reductions_for_contractors/

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Four bullets: 1) Mgmt is working for mgmt, not shareholders... 2) Margins in all segments are falling. 3) Bureaucracy hampers growth. -- 4) Need to worry about competition from upstarts like Google... Per Mark Cuban: "IBM is no longer a tech company... — read more 

IBM's MO has been to have a space of a couple weeks/1.5 month separation between announcing quarterly numbers to the "Street" and next batch of layoffs. Another cruel MO of IBM's to announce the RA's the Thursday before a major US Holiday(Easter 2018... — read more 

I’ve heard a lot of rumors about what’s going to happen to IBM in October. So far I’ve narrowed it down to one of these 3 things: GBS & GTS merger final, GTS takes the lead and all redundant roles in GBS are laid off GBS is bought by another company... — read more 

I know we are seeing a lot of layoffs, but even so, we are still one of the biggest employers in the world. We might not have job security individually, but I think as companies go, we know IBM will be around for a long, long time. Many other... — read more 

More reasons to layoff without calling it such... https://www.itnews.com.au/news/ibm-australia-tells-staff-to-come-back-into-the-office-511580

https://postimg.cc/image/h87kw9aa3/ FB = Youngest, HP = Oldest

Retired from IBM Canada in 2010 at 55yrs with 20 yrs service. Current manager on my last day sent an e-mail asking that I drop off my badge and laptop with a colleague at 3600 Steeles. Not a single thank you or contact from any level of management... — read more 

I am excited to see what I will be gifted for this great milestone /sarcasm

According to the AARP, there are signs older workers can watch out for: Older workers are being fired or offered buyouts, and younger ones are being hired.The most common term for this is "culture fit." You are reassigned to unpleasant duties. You... — read more 

So My Question Is How A FLM can Manage Two Different Teams? In Different Fields As She Can’t Handel One.I Feel That It’s Just Wrongdoings Bye IBm

Because of the strategy shift, GF will cut 5% of its staff as well as renegotiate its WSA and IP- related deals with AMD and IBM. So much for that 10-yr. deal for GloFo to manufacture IBM's chips. Should be plenty of legal action coming soon. . . — read more 

What's our employee number right now? Wikipedia has us at 380k, but I think we went under that number a while ago by at least 10k. Also, do we know what region has been hit the worst in the past six or seven years since the major culling has started?... — read more 

Anyone else hearing that capex is frozen?

Dunderheads. . . https://www.crn.com.au/news/ibm-reveals-how-it-broke-its-own-cloud-500728

Not sure about all other divisions or departments, but earlier this week areas in IBM Systems just officially had freezes put on: Travel, unless client-related, Capex, and Hire tickets. One could interpret these indicators as forecasting some bad... — read more 

IBM is saved... the latest innovation from IBM... https://www.ft.com/content/51a801b2-a464-11e8-8ecf-a7ae1beff35b Who would want to use this s--t! This is unbelievable what this company is spending its own!

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article217028470.html DURHAM A group of Raleigh-based attorneys is helping two more IBM salesmen sue the company over allegations it shortchanged them when it was time to hand out commissions for landing... — read more 

Back in the 1990's IBM had employee only country clubs. We just showed our ID cards and drove through the gate into a first class 200 acre facility with golf, swimming, tennis, fishing etcetera. This was the one near me on Long Island. The Sands... — read more 

At IBM, women run the show, from the general manager of blockchain Marie Wieck to her boss Bridget van Kralingen, to CEO Ginni Rometty. “We have the blockchain sisters at IBM,” says spokeswoman Holli Haswell. Lovely. Although, much less like a... — read more 

... I don’t know what will. https://amp.slate.com/business/2018/08/ibms-watson-how-the-ai-project-to-improve-cancer-treatment-went-wrong.html

https://investorplace.com/2018/08/uncertainty-norm-ibm-stock/

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/16/h-1b-indian-outsourcing-firm-discriminates-against-non-indian-workers-games-u-s-visa-system-lawsuit/amp/

In today's work environment your job is to learn, work hard, max out your 401K and leverage your experience ... to make more money elsewhere. It's that simple. YOU AND YOU ALONE ARE RESPONSIBLE TO MAP OUT YOUR OWN CAREER. You're loyalty should be... — read more 

RA'd in March and would like to share some thoughts: I was disappointed and depressed given the situation, reflecting back on things I mostly enjoyed working at IBM, I had great coworkers and it was exciting to work for such a well known company... — read more 

GBS comes to mind. My vertical has not sold a large project in over 6 months, things are not looking good. Things are changing indeed. In your opinion, what IBM groups will shrink the most over next five years?

https://old.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/97qhdo/name_and_shame_ibm/

https://www.crn.com/news/components-peripherals/intel-new-lt-terminal-fault-bugs-hit-virtual-machines-harder In my thought, it's a great architecture. Now we just need to kick Ginni out!

The “Organisational Culture Inventory” and “Organisational Effectiveness Inventory” asks IBM A/NZ staff to answer 120 questions about the organization. 120 questions that they want employees to answer? But yet when employees have questions they want... — read more 

Hmmmmm. . . https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-13/midtown-manhattan-s-ibm-building-is-said-to-be-offered-for-sale

This is a good thing, right, and not the calm before the storm?

(source below) **Don't expect IBM's Watson to cure cancer anytime soon ** In 2011, International Business Machines Corp.'s Watson computing system wowed the world when it beat two champion contestants on "Jeopardy." Two years after conquering... — read more