“[Layoffs are] a healthy thing that you have to do every once in awhile to make sure you’re putting investment in the right areas that are going to help you keep being successful with customers,” Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks tells CRN. Red... — read more 

Link to story below: Of 420 US workers tapped by Kyndryl for this particular round of "transformation," 156 people (37 percent) between the ages of 25 and 70 lost their jobs, at an average age of 55. And 264 people (63 percent) between the ages of... — read more 

I asked AI to summarize this thread: (Better to be PIPed or Retire?) https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1mqx4xNF AI Response (ChatGPT, v3.5): The discussion on the forum revolves around the decision between being placed on a Performance Improvement... — read more 

Hi All - I am not with IBM but I am trying to build a list of different approaches to RTO. I am focusing on large companies that have presence here on layoffs.com (I am assuming I can get employees to speak up here). Anyhow, if you feel comfortable... — read more 

Of course AK doesn't want any governmental regulatory agency for AI as that would undermine and impede his sinister plans for replacing 20% of back office jobs with AI. Can't have that. Big Bleu better play ball as otherwise methinks they're... — read more 

Read this: https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/04/working_home_ibm/

Did IBM get a few floors there and have most in city report there. I know they were working on that a year ago. Just curious if that ever happened.

Last week I heard that some global execs flew into Saudi from Armonk and got rid of the consulting leader suddenly. Lots of complaints in office about behavior.

Just above the newest thread posted is a widget to select New or Active. Default is new. I select active and see all recent comments on any thread regardless of the down vote. If a thread is important enough to keep active, post a comment and the... — read more 

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4605498-international-business-machines-corporation-ibm-presents-svb-moffettnathanson-technology

Sounds like he just guaranteed himself a place in the next RA. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/15/greedy-technology-worker-pay-rise-off-sick/ By: Max Stephens 15 May 2023 • 5:33pm A gravely ill IBM worker on sick leave for the past 15... — read more 

Any thoughts about this $60 million worth acquisition? https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/16/ibm-polar-security/amp/

If you were laid off recently, were you given the ages/job descriptions of those laid off with you, in your Employee Information Package?

He debated announcing this before the MCC engagement survey, but he is now planning to announce mandatory RTO for MCC, 3 days a week, on Monday. You/your team will have the flexibility to choose the days you go in. Unsure of when it will actually go... — read more 

If you sign any severance docs, you absolutely CANNOT sue. Only Arbitration Average age of those laid off is 53 (An absolute fact)!! If you want to potentially sue for age discrimination, I highly recommend Wright & Greenhill in Austin, who... — read more 

IBM is doing what it does best -- selling air!

https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/13/kyndryl_ibm_sued_discrimination/ IBM and its IT infrastructure spinoff Kyndryl were this week taken to court by an axed exec who had put decades of her life into the tech giant. MaryKathryn Doheny, who served... — read more 

The cost of having someone in India monitor this forum and tidal-wave downvotes into it is about 20% of what it costs to have a North American HR person do it. Plus, a lot of the North American HR people just got layed off, so that work had to go... — read more 

Exhibit A: The ramp-up of operations in Costa Rica. https://www.businessinsider.com/us-companies-are-nearshoring-cheaper-workers-from-latin-america-layoffs-2023-5 By: Britney Nguyen May 11, 2023, 2:27 PM CDT As US companies continue laying off... — read more 

I don't believe that most people would even consider staying here for another 5-6 years. I am wondering about the future of this shrinking company. Can you even imagine what things here will look like five years from now?

...we are going to be going deep into Metaverse. We know a trend when we see one. And like Cloud and Blockchain and AI, we have the best stuff. In this case, Metaverse Paks.

With all the negativity towards IBM. No one can deny they make Billions upon Billions each quarter. They continue to do so.

There is a very good chance Storage and Power (non-enterprise) will go next. Not because of the sale price, but because of the people cost reduction (approx 10-12k if you include TSS and associated cloud), and sharing of investment needed to... — read more 

As Einstein put it: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” I'd say that about sums it up. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/09/ibm-takes-another-shot-at-watson-as-ai-bo-m-picks-up-steam.html

Received my statement and it shows I got paid for 31.52 hrs for work thru May 4….shouldn’t it be 32 hrs? In the grand scheme of things not a lot of money but annoying…maybe part of some bean counter’s plan to save a little money on the numbers let... — read more 

RT is sending a message. . . https://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-managers-who-use-ai-will-replace-those-who-dont-2023-5

Everything Everywhere All at Once... https://www.ibm.com/blog/ibm-to-help-businesses-scale-ai-workloads-for-all-data-anywhere/

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on IBM Just goes to show that because someone has a lot of money, it's not directly proportional to their... — read more 

Does IBM even do any business in hybrid cloud anymore. That was supposed to be the next big thing after getting Red Hat. I just don't hear anything about Hybrid cloud anymore.

Does the management really think they can replace 8k employees with ChatGPT or whatever other AI? I think they're in for a rude awakening. Those who have been using it know already that it has many, many limitations that can't be overcome as easily... — read more 

It seems that after debacles like OS/2 and Watson Health, IBM is no longer even pretending to make stuff "for the masses". IBM is definitely not a consumer products company in the same way that Apple, Google and Microsoft are, but can the company... — read more 

AK is sending a message. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/mid-career/ibm-ceo-arvind-krishna-warns-employees-who-work-remotely-your-career-does-suffer/articleshow/99967585.cms

Dexter Henderson, senior local executive for IBM Austin, tells Axios that "there is not a downsizing here at all" with the move to the new building. Expect several RAs for Austin employees prior to... — read more 

Does anybody know how many employees were let go this year?

If ever there was a time it's now

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-halts-hiring-7-800-011845959.html My personal experience with IBM HR is extremely poor: bureaucratic in their replies, opaque in their processes, and largely incompetent throughout. My biggest surprise is that 26... — read more 

IBM will no longer hang a shingle in the Southern Tier village where it became a household name. The company has declined to renew its Endicott lease at 1701 North St. when it expires Oct. 31, just shy of 100 years since a previous incarnation of it... — read more 

IBM will no longer hang a shingle in the Southern Tier village where it became a household name. The company has declined to renew its Endicott lease at 1701 North St. when it expires Oct. 31, just shy of 100 years since a previous incarnation of it... — read more 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-05-02/ibm-s-ceo-says-bankers-are-pitching-him-deal-possibilities#xj4y7vzkg By: Liana Baker and Brody Ford May 2, 2023, 5:30 PM UTC Big Blue deals We got the chance to fire off some questions on... — read more