After the next two weeks, this place will officially be in my past. I will miss the people I work with, but I will definitely not miss the company. It took me a while to find a good alternative, but I did. Jobs are not as aplenty as some would like... — read more 

Do we know who will buy Watson health? Lots of talk about losing all sales support - expecting news soon

I understand, everyone is idealizing the new places they went to after IBM, however, no one says much about how difficult that new beginning was. How much did the knowledge and skills you gained here benefit you? Was the transition difficult?... — read more 

Why do I now only give 60 percent of my best? I only made a mistake once and showed that I know how to do something that is not my job, to help. After that, it became my job. I made that mistake because I forgot the advice of older colleagues to... — read more 

Is it true systems is going to be a NewCo? My colleague were saying this is insiders news. Because systems consist of infrastructure and storage, it more align with infrastructure portfolio. So they are thinking to merge it to hybrid cloud, kyndryl... — read more 

I've noticed that the whole "we're all one big, happy blue family" shtick applies only when the management wants something (usually extra) from us. Whenever we need something or dare to ask for what we believe we deserve the family is gone and this... — read more 

I have been working here for almost 10 years and there have always been very short deadlines, more and less stressful periods and so on. However, lately I’ve been literally going crazy because they never stop assigning me new urgent work even... — read more 

For those of you looking to leave, the job market hasn’t been this strong in a while. Good luck! I can’t wait to leave this dumpster fire.

Am I the only who's workload has dropped significantly in the past month or so? Should I be worried or just enjoy it while it lasts. Usually, I'm severely overworked so this is somewhat of an adjustment for me - although not an unwelcome one... — read more 

i have a very high salary for my band (9) but they give me all sort of excuses not to promote me to band 10. Even heard that one reason is there are too many senior leaders already. They seem very happy with my performande, keep giving raises and... — read more 

How much is the average IBM pension? Are we talking 6 figures?

https://bostonrealestatetimes.com/tech-giant-ibm-leases-150000-sf-office-space-at-crosspoint-in-lowell/

The best way to determine how bad things are at IBM right now is to look at attrition. There are always people leaving for various reasons, that's normal for any company. But to have as high attrition rates as we did in the past year? In the middle... — read more 

6. IBM What entities are involved in assembling these rankings and how much are they getting paid to perform this work and by whom? What criteria is used to generate these rankings? How is Big Bleu in the Top 10, let alone anywhere in the Top... — read more 

We know IBM is restructuring and they've set money aside for it. But when are the layoffs going to happen? I see/hear nothing about how many, who, what, where and when. Is the axe likely to fall before end 2Q, 3Q, 4Q or is it one big... — read more 

Is IBM a legit player in this?

Aside from leaving, what should an employee do that would alleviate all the concerns on this board?

"IBM cloud had five Severity One issues in April 2021 alone, one of which was a recurrence of a problem previously deemed to have been solved. Today’s incident is the second Severity One issue in May 2021"

Before joining Lockheed Martin in 2010, Mr. Bradshaw had worked at IBM. His last position was in the office of the CIO where he focused on infrastructure optimization across IBM. Filling another slot in the Kyndryl C-suite with a Big Bleu... — read more 

Top Cloud companies are experiencing REAL and SIGNIFICANT growth in their revenues and are prospering during the pandemic. IBM is hanging on for dear life. 2Q will be prophetic of the future. Everyone needs to be rowing together if we are going... — read more 

I know in advance that anything IBM touches will be destroyed. Acquired companies, something that could have been good ideas... nothing survives IBM. Is it possible that there is so much incompetence at the top?

Why is it that people who weren’t good enough for IBM later got jobs in much more prestigious companies where they also got promotions very quickly? I'm not talking about not the people who quit and went for greener pastures, they are a... — read more 

very low compensation so much bureaucracy products aren't growing so many useless middle managers that make so much money while doing nothing constant (fear of) layoffs top down culture most of jobs located in run off the mill... — read more 

“I have 53 stocks in my portfolio, and I have one trigger that will lead me to sell the stocks right away," ... "You do a big acquisition, I’m out of your stock. I don’t care what justification you give me." Aswath Damodaran Source:... — read more 

I know this seems the opposite of a layoff topic but I wonder if there is a move to consolidate to one RTP campus due to all the RA's. Seems odd to put up a new building when the parking lots are nearly empty.

Significant footprint downsizing (preparing for less heads. . .) and then an abandoned campus that will slowly deteriorate like the old Endicott campus has... — read more 

Kyndryl, a company that will be created following the separation of IBM’s Managed Infrastructure Services business, has inked a nine-year lease for 22,500 square feet at the new Midtown East skyscraper. The firm will take part of the 15th... — read more 

https://www.wraltechwire.com/2021/05/14/red-hat-exec-500-new-jobs-to-focus-on-expanding-its-cloud-computing-punch/ .... so exciting Red Hat job opps who remembers "Six Sigma"?

Only thing I can tell is that IBM should remove all managers and executives. OR put them specifically on business/client facing side. Most of the Dev managers are coming from Test, support or not even technical background. From offering manager to VP... — read more 

The rest of us will be there 2 to 3 days a week

With all the layoffs and restructurings, working at IBM has turned into having to stay late all the time because you got saddled with the work of your many colleagues who were laid off or left for no extra pay. You are doing all of this while your... — read more 

How long after my colleague left should I wait before IBM fills the position? It's been a few months, and it looks like they don't have any intention of doing so.

I'm getting tired of hearing about more people being laid off every day. It's not a lot, one here, two there... It's been going on for a while and it's making working here even more unbearable. Why not have one huge round twice a year and get it over... — read more 

AK is getting a lot of air time lately. . . (2 min. video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84veHDXZfFU

7 Signs of Bad Business Leadership 1- The Use of Fear-Based Tactics. ... 2- A Variety of Communication Missteps. ... 3- Interoffice Politics and a Divided Team. ... 4- Next-to-Nothing Results. ... 5- Morale is Low. ... 6- There Is a Revolving... — read more 

30+ min. video. Listen closely. . . https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/washington-post-live/the-path-forward-digital-innovation/2021/05/06/767b3307-8b57-43a1-870e-3e092c295b9a_video.html

The Street is wisening-up. . . https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-downgraded-p-deal-spree-131545364.html

This is a short post. IBM acquired 3 companies to form Watson Health. There was a wholesale layoff that dumped some of my friends who have been working for 20+ years in the last 2 weeks. The companies, Phytel, Truven and Explorys were stable... — read more 

A brief goodbye, I'm leaving IBM (by choice) and moving on to newer and better pastures. Things I'll miss about this board: The supportive people offering encouragement to those forced out or those gathering the nerve to leave, especially... — read more