At the 2021 Annual General Meeting, some "51 percent of our shares voted did not support our Say on Pay proposal, which was substantially below the support received in prior years," IBM confirms in its 2022 Notice of Annual General and Proxy... — read more 

Were notified last week we'll be getting 8% less each month starting mid-April with the chance to earn incentives (possibly more than 8% back) if you hit or exceed your targets. How is this legal? -Global Sales, SWE

https://www.ibm.com/annualreport/assets/downloads/IBM_Annual_Report_2021.pdf The latest IBM annual report, shows 282K employees at the end of 2021. Looks still way to much... comments?

The American electronic corporation IBM stops working in Russia, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov has said. "IBM is completely leaving the Russian market. Thank you for supporting the world!... — read more 

Source below: It is a funny old world. In many cases, the applications that are running on the IBM i platforms of the world are trapped in a kind of time warp and so are the people who created and who maintain them. This is the only plausible... — read more 

How is IBM exposed to Russia and Ukraine? Do we have 'real' operations there and is there going to be any impact on the bottom line? I've went through the 10K report but I am unable to find the connection - the execs were not forthcoming in terms of... — read more 

“While salaries in the IBM i market are going up, they are not even close to the salaries in open technologies, such as Microsoft .NET and C# and so forth,” Langieri tells The Four Hundred. “While a senior RPG programmer/developer makes on average... — read more 

https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/news/252514218/Russian-sanctions-prompt-tech-to-stop-sales-curb-services Can't even describe the situation honestly as to not upset the violent aggressor. "IBM has for weeks been monitoring and implementing... — read more 

I came here from a company that didn't have nearly as many problems with bullying as this one does. There are two people on my team who are seen here as star employees, although no one knows exactly why. They spoil the team dynamics and culture but... — read more 

Now we know for sure. I'm ashamed to say I work for IBM.

A simple and insightful post-mortem https://qz.com/2129025/where-did-ibm-go-wrong-with-watson-health/ IBM spent more than a decade trying to make a go of Watson Health, its moonshot to apply artificial intelligence in healthcare. Watson was... — read more 

What can you expect from a company that discriminates and fires employees that are over 50?

Of course there is a large diaspora from WH, not just after the recent sale but prior to that as well. Where have folks landed, what are you looking for next? Big places, medium-sized? There are a lot of smaller, quirky companies out there just... — read more 

https://www.thelayoff.com/kyndryl

I am a retired IBMer since a few years. I now understand that IBM is leaving Notes for MS Outlook? When I worked in IBM it was key to find old mails to understand prior meeting minutes, what was agreed within IBM and with clients, BPs, ... Working... — read more 

I would hate to be the IBM Russia GM

https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/25/ibm_motion_age_discrimination/

This company is going downhill so much that I don't know if there is anything left that IBM is really good at?

Phase 2 to be announced mid Q2. Good luck GBS!!! Expect to have an @kyndryl.com email addr June 30

Fujitsu confirms end date for mainframe and Unix systems https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/25/fujitsu_signposts_the_end_for/

Fortunately, I'm counting days till retirement. I know the chances are very slim that IBM will get back on track, and I’m not even sure if it might be too late for that? This company lost its direction a long time ago and it would take radical... — read more 

I noticed this post in LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ibm_letscreate-ugcPost-6899681082225356800-rJIJ. After being laid off, posts like these still trigger me... I want to say #letscreate some dignity....

Hearing that Kyndryl will be taking over the site. Anyone else hearing anything?

"The names of the executives who exchanged those e-mails were redacted; but the statement of facts in this case NOTES THAT ONE OF THE TOP-LEVEL EXECUTIVES INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE MOST CANDID E-EMAILS SERVED FROM 2012 TO 2020. THAT'S WHEN GINNIE... — read more 

https://apnews.com/press-release/pr-newswire/technology-business-6cc25823e609a2a6ade9052f4fb52fe9

IBM Smyrna openly and aggressively discriminated employees over 50. At the same time they were laying off employees over 50 years old they were hiring employees in their early 20’s. It is very sad. When will this stop?

IBM acknowledge it WAS IBM executives who used the phrase "Dinobabies" and more. An IBM spokesman said “some language in emails between former IBM executives that has been reported is not consistent with the respect IBM has for its employees and... — read more 

I'm not justifying age discrimination and getting rid of older employees but why is it always IBM that gets called out on this when every other major company in our industry (and others as well) is doing the exact same thing? I know for a fact Oracle... — read more 

Of course there is not much room here to grow a career, when the company itself is not growing. My opinion is that when a company doesn't grow, then it is dying. I hope I'm not right, but I'm really interested in whether IBM will continue to... — read more 

Let's hear it

'IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the launch of its new integrated global platform, "Let's create," the company's most significant brand initiative in more than a... — read more 

Yes, more pointless paperwork. What happens if you don't fill this out?

'Asked how IBM describes cases it has settled, given LaMoreaux's claim that the company has not discriminated, an IBM spokesperson replied, "IBM has never conceded to liability in any of the prior age settlements." ' Well that clears that up then... — read more 

Anyone get fired today?

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/22/metro/older-workers-press-age-discrimination-claims-challenge-ibm-layoffs/

Nickle LaMoreaux, chief human resources officer for IBM in the New York City metropolitan area, called these and other allegations of age discrimination false. "Discrimination of any kind is entirely against our culture and who we are at IBM, and... — read more 

How is this carried out ? Any thoughts ? Does it play a role in one’s promotion ?

I am very excited! Which company should I choose! I think both are great software/hardware companies! I really do not know which one to choose - the salaries are close, IBM a bit higher..

I busted my a-s for IBM for close to two decades and I never got a thank you. To them, you and somebody who's been at the company for a day are the same. All the time I spent there meant nothing when they decided to cut costs. I was kicked out on my... — read more 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-acquires-neudesic-leading-microsoft-160000571.html