Now you are finally getting the point. Everyone keeps asking, where are the big layoffs he appropriated billions for? Its exponentially cheaper for IBM if you leave. Between the mandate and forcing people back to the AK office will get what he wants... — read more 

https://www.barrons.com/articles/buy-ibm-stock-tech-bargain-51637800151 (but you must pay if you want to know WHY...) Eric J. Savitz dixt

The vultures are already circling. . . https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/information-tech/rivals-eyeing-ibm-spinoff-kyndryls-sub-50-million-clients-experts-say/articleshow/87920533.cms

But Kyndryl is having trouble finding its own independent investor base. In late October, the stock traded above $40 on a “when issued” basis. Kyndryl opened for trading on Nov. 4 at $28.41, and has continued to fall from there. At a recent... — read more 

Enjoy these last weeks WFH. The announcements where worded by HR/Planning and approved by Legal this week. Get ready

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/16/ibm-ceo-says-inflation-fears-could-trigger-some-chaos.html Here you go, AK already setting the stage for his upcoming excuse when the numbers fall short in 4Q 2021 and probably beyond... This guy is PATHETIC!!!

What do you think?

I moved a lot and worked in several departments, although it has been a long time since I last made the transition. However, I have a friend for whom the transition from cloud consulting to salesforce consulting is now a mission impossible. Is the... — read more 

https://www.crn.com/news/managed-services/kyndryl-reports-net-loss-for-third-quarter-offers-2021-full-year-forecast Kyndryl, the spin-off of IBM’s managed infrastructure business that started trading as a public company on Nov. 4, reported $4.6... — read more 

New article published by the Register https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2021/11/22/ibm_age_discrimination/

The company does not break up its employee numbers by geography, but it is estimated that it has over 1 lakh employees, or at least a third of its global strength, in India. AK is setting the predicate for massive hiring in India over the... — read more 

https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/19/us_defense_jedi/

.... "and tens of thousands in its consulting business." https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/tech-talent-crunch-to-last-for-a-decade-ibm/articleshow/87809930.cms

Krishna, however, did not share any India hiring numbers. Of course AK didn't share any of these figures, of course not. https://www.livemint.com/companies/people/ibm-global-chief-arvind-krishna-bets-big-on-india-biz-11637321036130.html

Think IBM will follow the same? https://www.wtkr.com/news/yall-did-us-wrong-newport-news-shipyard-employees-react-to-vaccine-mandate-suspension Nice to see some "Federal Contractors" are willing to stand up for its employees.. I am sure IBM is... — read more 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-18/ibm-arbitration-gag-rules-are-illegal-fired-workers-say "Rodriguez and Apana are among hundreds of workers currently in arbitration proceedings over their claims that IBM illegally fired them as... — read more 

Protocol.com/enterprise/ibm-lost-public-cloud

Deadwoods Dave Interesting that Arvind thinks re-engineering the comp plans will help. It’s been done before - reps being forced to sell the product of the day, no matter how much of a dog it is or whether the market needs it. We had years of “flog... — read more 

Per NYU Stern Business School .... the average Price-to-Sales Ratio for a "Computer Services" company is 1.11. Kyndryl's P/S equals just 0.22. P/S = Market Capitalization / Revenue ... with a P/S = 1.11, and Kyndryl's projected Revenue = $19.3B ... — read more 

I dislike it, its resource heavy and counterintuitive… How about you?

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/information-tech/kyndryl-sees-india-as-big-opportunity-for-talent-growth-ceo/articleshow/87756123.cms “Here in India, our customers manage every other phone call in India, and they underpin every other... — read more 

If you can't beat them, join 'em! Also, apparently business travel is occurring again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stNk2-ZosOw

The mandate will likely be declared unconstitutional because it is but will IBM ignore and keep demand endless vaxxing. https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/ets2 On November 12, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a motion to... — read more 

Do you feel like WFH has shown you that you are not living a very fulfilling life? I’m starting to realize I was never fulfilled, I was always on the road and superbusy. Hmmm?

Sounds like an overabundance of IBM India employees if they have to setup a new facility to house them. https://telanganatoday.com/ibm-consulting-sets-up-new-facility-in-hyderabad

Start from min. 4:00 but check from min. 9:08 Dinosaur Tech companies (IBM / Intel): "they have no identity" https://techcheck.simplecast.com/episodes/bitcoins-tumble-tesla-bull-turns-bearish-qualcomm-ceo-on-investor-day

https://newsroom.ibm.com/2021-11-16-IBM-Unveils-Breakthrough-127-Qubit-Quantum-Processor

https://www.classlawgroup.com/employment/ibm-age-discrimination-lawsuits/

IBM: The Curse of Value IBM has been wrecked by prioritizing dividends over capital spending https://investorplace.com/2021/11/ibm-the-curse-of-value/ "If there’s a Mt. Rushmore for short-sighted management, Virginia Rometty is its George... — read more 

“ IBM claims it has taken a major step toward practical quantum computation. On Monday, the company unveiled Eagle, a 127 qubit quantum processor. IBM claims it’s the first such processor that can’t be simulated by a classical supercomputer” And the... — read more 

The market is hot, companies desperately need employees and pay well. I don’t know if it’s a big risk to wait and hope to become the target in early 2022 (*perhaps not, but I personally believe that if the mother of all cuts comes, it will happen... — read more 

Hey a friend of mine is interviewing for a cyber security AE job at IBM. he has other offers. What do you folks think about this?

Let's face the truth. IBM is dead as a culture. The pride in the company is at an all time low. The loyalty and commitment to the company at an all time low. It's every man and woman for themselves. And the sense of a greater purpose is seriously... — read more 

I should not try to be overly dictatorial about that.” Yes, yes, because AK has plenty of other things (tyrannical vaccine mandates, etc.) to be overly dictatorial... — read more 

“A $5 million gift from IBM will endow two computer science professorships in Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering in honor of Virginia M. “Ginni” Rometty ʼ79, ʼ15 H, the first woman to lead the company.”

There's talk about more layoffs next week in another post, is this true?

I suspect we will see short term actions to try to get short term pops on Kyndryl's stock based on the CEOs (and the rest of the C-suite's) Restricted Stock Units vesting dates. When does a Long Term Incentive Plan become a Short Term Incentive... — read more 

https://www.networkworld.com/article/3640400/kyndryl-weds-microsoft-as-independent-company-looks-to-grow-cloud-services.html#tk.rss_cloudcomputing

Tier 1: all fang plus some other high paying companies like pintrest and unicorn startups Tier2: uber,lyft, msft etc. Pay a little lesser but companies are growing and relevant tech wise. Tier3: tech companies like cisco, orcl, intel,amd etc. Where... — read more