I left IBM mid last year and I’ve since moved cities. How do I get my IBM W2 when it’s ready?

This place does not have moral values, the dinosaurs (I said it) are here to stay! This is the same in any region. The senior management cannot be trusted and those who are promoted knows how to work the venomous system. Looks like they’ve been... — read more 

Read this: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/airlines-back-more-spending-staff-to-fix-failed-faa-system-01673716741?cx_testId=22&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=1&mod=home-page-cx#cxrecs_s

https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/05/ibm_redeployment_orders/ Too many shady and sleezy people running this place! And too many people from one continent!

https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/12/ibm_aix_developer_jobs/

One thing I've noticed during my external (as re-deployed) search is that while we may bi--h reasonably about IBM health Insurance - it's decent. Our family is High Deductible due to family issues. while it's cash out of pocket until max's met -... — read more 

Posters here have mentioned that IBM spun out Kyndryl with the intention of buying another IT infrastructure buisness with a better structured workforce (in low cost labor markets). Last Thursday IBM released a memo in which they mention that they... — read more 

Movin' on up like George & Wheezy! https://accelerationeconomy.com/cloud-wars/oracle-sap-leapfrog-salesforce-in-cloud-wars-top-10-ibm-jumps-servicenow-falls/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-06/ibm-loses-top-patent-spot-after-decades-as-ip-leader By: Brody Ford January 6, 2023 at 1:12 PM CST International Business Machines Corp. dropped from the top spot for US patents in 2022, the... — read more 

Rob T will now helm Software + Sales/Distribution for IBM. Rob will be the next CEO of IBM.

https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/05/ibm_redeployment_orders/

Another moonshot? https://www.phonearena.com/news/citizen-second-gen-cz-smart-smartwatch-official-features-nasa-ibm-watson-tech_id144623

Anyone familiar with the acronym "PIC" (possibly similar to "PIP" or "RA"). This is a new term being floated around lately, and I am curious in regard to its meaning. The context is from managers currently using it in preparation for upcoming... — read more 

Seeing so many people who started working at IBM before I did being laid off year after year, I realized the same thing is most likely going to happen to me as well. I'm in my early 50s and I like my job. I always thought this will be the last one... — read more 

Some are disappointed in this company and then they start making complaints that aren't quite true! I'm not satisfied with many things here either, but I can't claim that there is >absolutely nothing to learn at IBM Whenever I wanted to learn... — read more 

There has been growing chatter about IBM's redeployments. Tom Claburn with the Register wrote about one of the redeployments previously (link below). He is currently looking for those who are or have been included in a redeployment. Just reach out to... — read more 

I plan to submit my resignation soon. It's true that I hesitated for a long time whether to quit or try to stay for a while longer, but it seems to me that the next year will be much worse than this one at IBM. Perhaps someone is more optimistic? — read more 

The Bernstein analysts said the stock’s direction from here might simply ride on the state of the economy, rather than any major catalyst inside the company. “Given its defensive characteristics and historical performance, we... — read more 

https://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/local/2022/12/21/ibm-campus-demo-kmart-renovations-housing-binghamton-net-funding/69744347007/ The Village of Endicott was awarded $6 million for the IBM North Street Demolition Project. The IBM demolition... — read more 

I see Power architecture is going into a sunset. There has been talks of selling Power to external parties, but Power shares the basic processor architecture with Z as well as IBM i. I cannot think IBM will give up Z. Will IBM keep spending money... — read more 

Exactly what the redeployment aimed to (and did. . .) achieve. https://www.businessinsider.com/stack-ranking-examples-facebook-salesforce-google-2022-12 For Silicon Valley's army of workers still clinging to their jobs, reaching the end of 2022... — read more 

I am overloaded more than ever but my manager is still trying to add more work to my plate. Why can't they realize that assigning more work to an already overloaded employee will not achieve anything except to motivate the person to leave as soon... — read more 

A handful of L2 enterprise storage support and Premium support, including management, have to find a new job within IBM. Of course, the support workload of existing clients isn't going away anytime soon, which means the people who are left have more... — read more 

The fact that you are still here make you person worthy of getting rid off. For management, the proof of your manager writing lies about you is not you being able to rebut point by point, Getting a better offer with higher pay and higher position... — read more 

so you can tell us about your experience, i.e., how did you manage to do it?

Some IBMers have received notices to looking for work inside IBM in other groups within certain amount of time and if none is found will be laid off. Some contractors have been told 12/31/2022 is their last day. At least AIX kernel development and... — read more 

The more I hear about Polar (CIO Networking offering) for IBM consulting and IBM consulting customers, the more I’m starting to wonder if this is some prep work for selling off IBM Consulting GTS style. Any thoughts on this?

Tragically, Big Bleu at #3 & somehow still in the Top 5. https://www.drucker.institute/2022-drucker-institute-company-ranking/

For support - it's any inexpensive country to save a buck. Substantial majority of support is being re-staffed to India, Croatia, Costa Rica, Bulgaria, etc Which leaves the non re-deployed developers to essentially train the new L2 via increase in... — read more 

Always seems to be plenty of money for acquisitions. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ibm-to-acquire-octo-301697587.html

The U.S. Defense Department has awarded lucrative cloud-computing contracts to four companies: Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle. The contracts run through 2028 and could be valued as high as $9... — read more 

To be honest, I'm still here because I'm not marketable but I've also seen examples of the biggest waste of talent at IBM. The company loses money that way because it doesn't know how to use the best abilities in its employees, but what intrigues... — read more 

https://www.axios.com/2022/12/06/tech-layoffs-h1b-visas-immigration

It is ridiculous that some here expect that IBM will stop squeezing people, that is, asking them to do so much work without adequately compensating for it. Isn't it clear to everyone by now that the only way to get a bigger pay is leave this place?... — read more 

This is the plan for next year… if you are in a HCC, you should be afraid… a. Rebalance our skills to deliver solutions globally at a profitable margin Currently 68% of Expert Labs headcount sits in High Cost Countries (HCC). In order to achieve our... — read more 

Just learned from my manager that I will only be scored on skills and business values. IBM no longer considers ‘innovation’ or ‘responsibility to others’ important for our values. Sounds about right.

Remember, it's just "rebalancing." "While layoffs are playing out across the tech sector, IBM does not plan to freeze hiring, while 'rebalancing in terms of where,' he said." https://www.ciodive.com/news/ibm-tech-spend-recession-IT/637229/

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/02/tech-layoffs-leave-visa-holders-scrambling-for-jobs-to-remain-in-us.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-ceos-elon-musk-twitter-hardcore-2022-12 Elon Musk has been cranking up the intensity at Twitter since taking over. Per Musk, there's a new "extremely hardcore" vision, "dense and intense" office structure, and an... — read more 

https://www.businessinsider.com/big-tech-using-quiet-layoffs-helping-companies-and-hurting-workers-2022-10 Tech companies are having a tumultuous time. To cut costs, layoffs are happening throughout the industry and are expected to continue... — read more