Apparently they just started on 10 June: @OP+1sVPl1Gm

In 1911, Endicott, New York, a company called “Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR)” was founded by Herman Hollerith, Charles Flint and Thomas J. Watson Sr. A company we now know as IBM. The founders enshrined three core values into the... — read more 

https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/11/ibm_hashicorp_lawsuit/

We all know that those corporate statements that announce mass tech layoffs and claim that the job cuts are actually a plan to fuel growth -- we all know that's BS. Right? I mean, let's get this out of the way. The gall on that reasoning offends me... — read more 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-06-05/singapore-s-changi-business-park-is-emptying-out-spurred-by-global-tech-layoffs

"Companies such as Citigroup, JP Morgan, and IBM have office spaces at Changi Business Park. However, IBM has gone from occupying 12 floors to two, and Bloomberg cited a property listing that says Standard Chartered Plc is looking to lease out two... — read more 

RT is most likely going to be the next IBM CEO in a year plus… looks like the next Gavin Belson to me, what do you think?

Microsoft is laying off 1500 employees in Azure and Google is laying off 100 in it's cloud unit. Can IBM be far behind with the wave of silent layoffs this summer ?... — read more 

Is this article painting an accurate picture of IBMs AI business outlook. Always a bit skeptical on one opinion which is what this article is based on. If you do not have a subscription to seekingalpha, summary bullet points are pasted... — read more 

"IBM, Intel, SAP and others announcing job cuts in the last 12-18 months." https://trak.in/stories/200000-silent-layoffs-in-2023-reported-by-all-india-it-ites-employees-union/

....and not under A-hole Arvind and Reprobate Rob... — read more 

https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/news/ibm-halts-hiring-7-800-011845959.html

https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/30/kyndryl_accused_of_discriminating/

"IBM, Intel, SAP and others -- have announced job cuts.." https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/indian-it-companies-witnessing-silent-layoffs-what-the-industry-body-says-number-of-job-cuts-and-more/articleshow/110543957.cms

IBM brings back bonuses for top execs even as profits slide https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/ibm-brings-back-bonuses-top-022655035.html

Over a week now Red Hat fails to deny the layoffs when approached by the media (The Register). That means there's nothing to deny, i.e. denying it would constitute a lie.

A potential legal problem? https://techrights.org/n/2024/05/26/IBM_Red_Hat_Failing_to_Meet_Its_WARN_Obligations_in_NC_STATE_OF.shtml

I know this been asked many many times before, but why is it that IBM top executives not put on a PIP when they do not meet revenue goals? In the global markets, if you do not meet the mandated minimum percentage of your full year quota, you are put... — read more 

Sheer puffery. https://www.yourtechstory.com/2024/05/24/ginni-rometty-pioneering-leadership-at-ibm/

If there's any doubt that all this DEI nonsense is dying, this should confirm it. https://mea.newsroom.ibm.com/IBM-launches-Software-Lab-in-Riyadh

https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/20/red_hat_prunes_middleware/

Source: https://www.rsuibmsegrate.altervista.org/20240516.pdf One year ago, in early May 2023, our CEO Arvind Krishna told Bloomberg that he could easily see 30% of our non-customer-facing roles such as Human Resources getting replaced by Artificial... — read more 

What is the technology sales environment like at IBM these days? I am hearing it is a difficult toxic environment to work in with hefty sales quotas and PIPs immediately if you do not meet the full year sales quota. What other large company is any... — read more 

Irish Business Machines. . . https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0516/1449386-ibm-to-create-800-new-roles-in-ireland-over-three-years/

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/palo-alto-networks-ibm-jointly-203000584.html

If you want to save your job, read a piece titled The Hatchet Man's Playbook. It's all about the dirty, underhanded tricks unscrupulous employers and co-workers use to to snake your job and how to beat them. Can't recommend it highly enough!

A post on zerohedge.com describes the woes of Red Lobster, which is quickly going out of business. Does this headline seem oddly familiar? "Red Lobster Abruptly Closes Dozens Of Locations, Loses Its Key Supplier And Begins Fire Selling Kitchen... — read more 

So much for "near-shoring". . . https://restofworld.org/2024/ibm-lawsuit-brazil/

http://www.tikalon.com/blog/blog.php?article=2024/IBM_100 The article highlights IBM's remarkable longevity compared to the typical ten-year lifespan of most companies. Founded in 1911 and renamed IBM in 1924, the company thrived under the... — read more 

I haven’t found anything IT after fifteen months. I hear the average time for finding a new job after layoff is 6 months but I am doubtful. Me: 52 y/o male, 27 yrs in tech mostly on the software side with about 2 y sys admin back in the day when... — read more 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13400269/IBM-Red-Hat-SUED-culling-white-men-CEO-punish-DEI-targets.html

HashiCorp will retain its name and the Terraform brand. The 2,200-person company will report to Thomas’s IBM software group in its own division, and Thomas said IBM isn’t planning layoffs. So there will be RAs. @8six+1siiwg59 — read more 

IBM is a 20-30k employee company that employs 10 times that many, even after selling off most of its lines of business. IBM's sole sources of consistent, stable income at this point are mainframes and legacy software. Poughkeepsie, San Jose, RTP and... — read more 

https://stlawyers.ca/blog-news/layoffs-in-canada/

Seems strange that his chat with the CEO meetings have been changed this past month about 3-4 times now. Something is in the air and maybe it's the 20% price drop from 199/share early March to 165 at Friday's close. My manager has canceled 1:1s and... — read more 

I was an ex IBMer who got RAed recently. During my 10 year tenure, i saw nothing but customers getting runarounds from IBM executives while getting charged hefty premium for services. Any demands from customers were either met with excuses on why... — read more 

Easy. Since "AI" is a meaningless buzzword these days, it can mean anything anyone wants it to mean at any time, either to say layoffs are justified or not... or... does the CEO love name-dropping buzzwords?

[old] https://uk.news.yahoo.com/finance/news/ibm-took-200-million-charge-000221516.html

Read this: https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/04/25/ibm-buys-hashicorp-to-control-the-alternative-to-red-hat-kubernetes/

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/01/ibm-sarah-meron-chief-communications-officer