Google AI’s analysis/prediction for Markham lab given recent past and current goings on .. While the physical facility at Warden Ave is legally consolidated, the internal reality for the teams working there is entirely different. The lab is being... — read more 

Hello - Did anyone else get a second separation agreement email yesterday? It’s been over 9 months so it is a bit odd. Reddit brought it up too https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM_Employees/s/NIb64DW7VI Is it a scam?

IBM has carried out rolling workforce reductions impacting a low single-digit percentage of its global staff (thousands of positions) as part of a strategic shift toward artificial intelligence, hybrid cloud, and geographic reallocation, even as the... — read more 

Another IBMer in a PIP today. Anyone else is in PIP?

Any news about new round of RAs in September?

I was put on a PIP today in France... what should I expect after meeting PIP's goals?

There was a post on the r/IBM Reddit page this morning that has since been removed by the executive team's flying monkeys. The post discussed 17 products being sold by IBM to Persistent and didn't go into further detail as the person who posted it... — read more 

My whole team in Europe is on PIP... We were put on a PIP after being classified as low performers. There are about 15 of us, and we don’t know why we’ve all been put on it together. We assume the idea is to fire us afterward, since we haven’t been... — read more 

I'm wondering how log do PIPs last in Europe? (1-3 months?) After the PIP what should I expect?

He didn’t even care to talk with me regarding bonus/raise/performance review. Keeps delaying the conversations- should I expect to be in the RA list?

We are a month and a half into 3Q, IBMers how do you see the third quarter unfolding? Good or bad?

I was fired last Friday. I was on a PIP and they fired me on Friday... I am going to sue IBM.

I was put on a PIP today. Should I expect to be on the RA list in september?

Apparently everything is going great blah blah blah. Not one mention of the stock imploding in July and $70B of IBM market value evaporating. My take away is that these "leaders" are professional liars and con-men/women.

This article confirms what a lot of posters have been saying. IBM Consulting needs a desperate restructuring... — read more 

Has anyone else noticed the slew of high performers above band 7 or intern level suddenly getting PIPS post stock crash? We keep talking about RA’s, I think that’s being generous. They’re stooping so low, why RA when you can do backdoor terminations... — read more 

Any managers care to share what gets communicated to them on cutting employees? Any of that happening in the near future?

Not sure on the number of folks impacted across BUs but RA are coming in Sept. Given that this have been the worst quarter with a historic price drop, let’s hope for the best.

If you’re comfortable sharing, I’d appreciate hearing about: How many years had you been with the company? What location were you in? Was it a complete surprise, or were there warning signs? Were you placed on a PIP beforehand, or was it... — read more 

https://lnkd.in/p/evfAhpQA Yikes not a good look given what is going on - poor taste. In front of T.J. Watson in Southern New York.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM_Employees/s/CM48XXGtsN

Four chiefs departed from the floor, With heavy gold bags by the door. They left the blue stock on the slope, And took the cash, and ki-led the hope. Lou Gerstner set the grand design, He took one hundred eighty-nine. A million dollars stacked so... — read more 

The stock imploded 3 weeks ago and $70 Billion of market value wiped out in ONE day, now all these draconian cost control measures are being implemented and they are also desperately rolling out the "Next Step" program again to try and get rid of as... — read more 

Let's run the numbers: how many people are actively interviewing? How many are updating their resumes? How many would take the first decent offer that came their way? I'd bet my next paycheck it's north of 40%. That's not a workforce, that's a... — read more 

Heard that there was another "Next Step" program recently announced, to start on September 1, 2026 and wrap-up on December 31, 2026. Not sure what organizations are included, but this end date undoubtedly suggests that an RA is being planned for... — read more 

Don’t get me wrong. I retired from IBM and I loved my career there. I have fond memories of IBM, but I am very concerned as I watch competitors like Microsoft or AWS. While IBMs competitors enjoy double digit sales growth, IBMs sales growth has been... — read more 

Anyone tried talking to IBM recruiters for roles after a previous RA (non performance based). What is recorded in their internal systems for people who get RAed

2024 group life = 52,279 2025 group life = 50,354 Difference = 1,925 Note you must also account for added USA Hashicorp employees at approx 1000 Difference totals 2,925 Or approx 5.5% of USA workforce

Big Blue's Quiet Axe The Call: A sudden ping at dawn, a screen turned black, No room to speak, no turning back. Decades of code and service grown, Reduced to numbers on a phone. The Words: They call it "rebalancing" the scale, A sterile memo sent... — read more 

People are being cherry-picked from existing teams to form new teams. The decisions are made from the top levels and managers typically don't know what's going to happen. Get ready for another round since IBM bolsters their earnings on cost... — read more 

Why IBM managers are so incompetent?

I remember when we had team events, feedback sessions, and actual human connection. Now it's somehow all turned into silence and spreadsheets. That says a lot about how much the whole place has changed over the decades. From a great place to work to... — read more 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/ibm-ceo-arvind-krishna-goes-one-on-one-with-jim-cramer/vi-AA295NFl He is all over the place. AK is so weird.

If you have PowerPoint skills and thrive under the pressure of being laid off, please apply.

Are promotions cancelled in consulting?

Hearing IBM canceling all travel and pulling out of conferences. How can we sell if we can’t meet the clients? Setting up disaster for q4 and beyond. Guaranteed brutal actions are next.

On December 1, 2025, IBM questioned the economics of hyperscalers’ AI infrastructure plans. Using a hypothetical 100-gigawatt global buildout costing $8 trillion, he concluded: “There’s no way you’re going to get a return on that.” The warning was... — read more 

Manager was telling team no travel moving forward and to cancel upcoming trips. Anyone else been told this?

Does it make sense for companies to hired h1bs while layoffs are ongoing?