Not sure what happened to all people who used to work around here - Most of the campus is dark, many buildings leased out to other companies, wtf... Many of the buildings are showing their age, nobody invests anything (it kind of tells you what kind... — read more
IBM Severance Payment Changes
Based on Conrad, now everyone will be getting 30 days, that's it - no other factor impacts it - if you are laid off you will be getting 30 days, no exceptions, forget tenure and all years that you worked there and forget all nice options and things... — read more
GTS Resource Action will happen this Friday January 29 2016
Just search for it on the net, a ton of posts on the topic - Lee Conrad wrote about it
IBM Outlook - No bonuses and lack of raises
Should I be stressed out about layoffs when we have no bonuses and there are no raises - I am not talking literally but some folks do not get anything at all. Why should we be concerned - put me out my misery IBM - I am ready to move on, just let me... — read more
Do you want to see the Future - peak into IBM's Financial Statements
How about a persistent double digit rate drop in Sales? How about flat earnings? It seems that Stock Buy-Backs never stop and are getting bigger and bigger (they artificially inflate the stock price and those shares are then distributed to executives... — read more
Cringely Predicts 10% IBM layoffs in Early 2016
That adds up to about 30,000 people, and this is only the first half of the year. The performance evaluations to be pushed 2 months earlier than normal. Expect first layoffs this week. Being rated a PBC 4 and put on a PIP kind of seals your destiny... — read more
PBC - HORRIBLE
PBC system caused friction and low morale especially in a team where all team members are above average.Hence, rating any of them as average is not reasonable
And yes, you will be laid off...
IBM's largest asset (by far) is it's human capital, humans and workers that toil day and night... Yet IBM is running talent out the door as quickly as possible, this seems to be the only thing the executives are doing well right now. There is value... — read more
Layoffs Coming, the Sale is on: Rommetty is an affirmative action CEO. She's a foil flasher.
Giny puts up bullet charts and that's it. She's like the TV quiz show girl who puts up letters. The truth is, she doesn't know what business IBM is in. She's groping and hoping. IBM needs a CEO with real vision, not just another marketing manager who... — read more
IBM Kind of Loses Its Mind
Here you go: http://www.cringely.com/2016/01/11/wheres-the-beef-ibm/
Be nice and give Gini another quarter to waste
Stop complaining and let her do her thing: gradually destroying the company - she has as much strategic vision as my Spitz (give me all the food right now, who cares what will happen next)... She keeps collecting bonuses and executive pay, and who... — read more
Alliance@IBM suspends activity - game over
This is an unconditional surrender by IBM workers. Nicely played executives!
Constant job cuts
Who's left? Cut, cut, cut cut.... wonder when Ginny will be gone?
2016 IBM Silent US Workforce Shrinking
In the 1980s IBM had 200,000 people in the USA... Today, less than 70,000 people work at IBM. Layoffs, attrition, neglect, strategic shifting, all of that took a toll on the US worker. And we did buy PwC and tens of thousands of consultants in the US... — read more
IBM Management only cares about the bottom line is not the people who make that happen.
It's been like this for about 15 years now - it's a sweatshop now
IBM Has Constant Layoffs and Hiring - 2016 will be no different here
IBM is a huge company and at any point in time one group would be doing layoffs while the other one will be hiring. It’s a constant pull and push, the company is trying to adjust as we move along. Having 100s of thousands of employees, this often... — read more
Save America IT jobs!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-American-Information-Technology-Jobs/256809727849073
IBM Layoffs 2016
What is the likelihood of IBM layoffs in Armonk in 2016? Please let me know if you have any information.
I worked for IBM for 15 years before quitting.
I saw 90% of the SA's I knew there train their H1B replacements from India and then be let go. it started about 5 years after I joined, and by the time I left there, I knew less than 5 SA's who were born in the US, out of a plant that had 1000's of... — read more
If you are laid off by IBM consider Contracting
Contracting sucks but sometimes (especially after layoffs) you have to do what you have to do, so here is my advice. Seek out recommendations from people at IBM that you know well to get an idea of which agencies treat their people well. Setup a... — read more
TO EXECS: How dare you pretend the core values still matter, even in the middle of large IBM layoffs.
How dare you pretend the core values still matter, even in the middle of large IBM layoffs. How dare you pretend everything is OK with IBM when you lay off people. Exciting new structure. Ever think of why some groups are doing well where others... — read more
IBM REVERSED PONZI SCHEME
Take IBM (IBM). It has combined share buybacks with tax gimmicks, capability-crippling outsourcing, unsustainable work pressures, relentless cost-cutting, automatic culling of staff, fading technical expertise, strengthened bureaucracy, acquisitions... — read more
Dubuque, Iowa
We had over 1,200 people here in Dubuque, Iowa. I think we are under 800 now and people are talking about losing even more folks by the end of the quarter of calendar year. Jobs are moving offshore, Columbia is adding headcount and they will continue... — read more
I heard of massive layoffs in Australia.
Have no idea what's going on in the US. Nothing in my immediate surroundings.
Project Chrome
http://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/at-work/tech-careers/massive-worldwide-layoff-underway-at-ibm
Global delivery center (GDC) in Dubuque Layoffs 2015
200 folks was let go this week, they will continue to shrink the footprint here in the States as it relates to GDCs - we are way too expensive and they will continue to cut workers in the USA. Layoffs will continue through 2015 and IBM is hiding the... — read more
IBM Layoffs 2015
Aside from direct layoffs that happen pretty much all the time at IBM, the management is very sneaky when it comes to designing attrition programs to get folks quit without receiving severance payments that may be sometimes very good for folks that... — read more
Severance Package
What's a typical severance package?
layoffs coming.. http://americasmarkets.usatoday.com/2014/10/20/ibm-shares-fall-8-after-big-earnings-miss/
IBM shares off 7% after big earnings miss
Armaonk, NY - GET READY
We'll start the purge on 11/1 @ 3pm EDT
How much an analyst in GBS makes
I understand that compensation varies per region, so, if you can, please post numbers for East / West Coast and Mid-West. Thanks!
IBM T2R
Would someone please explain the T2R concept to me. I am not with IBM but would like to learn about the practical outcomes of the concept (my company will have something similar to T2R)
Project Apollo and Downsizing 16K people at IBM
OK, let's start with the name, come on, "Project Apollo", who's so smart to name the project by the god of Music, Healing & Prophecy. And was not he super handsome too? I guess Rommetty likes looking at those Greek sculptures of super handsome gods... — read more
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