Just announced - Microsoft FY21 Q4 Earnings: Revenue: $46.2 billion ⬆️ 21% Operating income: $19.1 billion ⬆️ 42% Net Income: $16.5 billion ⬆️ 47% EPS: $2.17 ⬆ 49% Strong finish to fiscal 2021: ✅ $168.1 billion in annual revenue ✅ $69.9... — read more 

Why are some people dissatisfied even when they are promoted at IBM, that is, do they seem to become even more dissatisfied after being promoted? I’m starting to wonder if it’s worth striving for promotion here at all. My former colleague left just a... — read more 

There's been a "Why do you stay at IBM?" thread posted at this site. Here are my primary reasons for leaving: Toxic and controlling culture The steady drumbeat of constant "Resource Actions" (Layoffs) Treating employees as a fungible and... — read more 

https://newsroom.ibm.com/2021-07-27-Announcing-IBM-z-OS-V2-5,-Next-Gen-Operating-System-Designed-for-Hybrid-Cloud-and-AI

I have written a response to Forbes' 2020 World's Best Employers List that ranked IBM as #3. It is a long read . . . no apologies for that. https://www.fordiscerningreaders.com/challenging-forbes-worlds-best-employer-ibm-brand.html The summation of... — read more 

Long weekend read. And to answer the question from the title: no. https://www.itpro.co.uk/cloud/hybrid-cloud/359528/can-ibm-buy-its-way-to-cloud-success

Just curious. For me, it’s because I need a year or two more experience before the better tech companies will give me a chance.

This article compares new IBM to the legacy portions of IBM, and concludes IBM is not generating enough business opportunities out of old IBM. He zero’s in on IBM’s problem children (Systems, TPP, and legacy GTS growth) It sure looks like IBM... — read more 

System/360 Announcement A new generation of electronic computing equipment was introduced today by International Business Machines Corporation. IBM Board Chairman Thomas J. Watson Jr. called the event the most important product announcement in the... — read more 

https://research.ibm.com/blog/codenet-ai-for-code Project CodeNet is a large dataset aimed at teaching AI to code.

When I was growing up, my mother was at IBM designing software for the space shuttle, and the street next to my house was named IBM. I was named after one of their senior engineers. So the company played a big part in my childhood and was ever... — read more 

I like Whitehurst and have had the chance to meet him a few times. If you want to understand his ethos check out "The Open Organization". It details his transition from Delta to Red Hat and the transformation of his leadership style being around a... — read more 

Is IBM allowed to require employees to get vaccinated?

I recently had a discussion about this with close colleagues, so I wonder what you think: how much better would things be in this company if the board of directors had a technical background? Some feel that this is not so important as long as they... — read more 

What are the chances of fulfilling the requirements of a PiP? Did anyone actually take the initiative and leave? Are the expectations unattainable? Is the duration of a PiP standard or dependent on the individual?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/still-living-in-the-past-ibm-remains-behind-the-tech-ball/ar-AAMptBt

Do you know a company that's more mismanaged than this? I can't think of one. Yet those on top are able to keep their positions, to keep their bonuses, to keep all the benefits the rest of us can only dream about. Why are they not held accountable... — read more 

But still, I'm waiting and after Q2 results I am aware that... RAs will happen whether IBM does well or not… Is there any info when this could happen and how many people could be affected?

Thoughts?

A Renewal for IBM Campuses Once Home to Punch Cards and Circuit Boards When Big Blue left upstate New York, economic pain ensued. But the large complexes left behind are ideally suited for large-scale production and shipping, local officials... — read more 

"Working" from home indeed. And what big companies are located in FL that JW could be interested in? https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2021/07/19/jim-whitehurst-sells-durham-home-near-country-club.html By: Lauren Ohnesorge – Senior Staff... — read more 

We had the best, THE BEST quarter in 3years. So why aren't you guys rejoicing? IBM stock will soon be on Mars. prediction: $175

Reading this blog has me seriously considering selling my IBM stock. So much employee contempt. 15 year IBM veteran with a few thousand ESPP shares. With the earnings pop today is this the time to sell? The only reason I havn't sold them is that... — read more 

Some very interesting reading. https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/06/age_discrimination_ibm/ An IBM age discrimination lawsuit filed in Texas last year has become a bit less opaque after The Register found an inadequately redacted court document... — read more 

Bangalore, July 15, 2021 – About 5000 underserved youth from regions across Karnataka, Telangana, and Delhi-NCR are now skilled in Data Science and Cloud computing, with over 2000 of them placed in jobs through a program by IBM (NYSE: ... — read more 

Many future employees of Kyndryl are concern that revenue will not be what Exec expect and know the will be axe will be swinging. The question is - will Kyndryl continue IBM's separation package used last year ? The other question is how many... — read more 

Taking a theme from Clint eastwood , what yah reckon - the good, the bad - or the ugly I reckon small growth so could be ugly

lol "Watson has not remade any industries. And it hasn’t lifted IBM’s fortunes. The company trails rivals that emerged as the leaders in cloud computing and A.I. — Amazon, Microsoft and Google. While the shares of those three have multiplied in... — read more 

I put in my 2 weeks notice with 50% more offer and to my surprise ibm matched the pay, significantly over 1 pmr for the band. Anyone here accept IBM's counter? Were you treated well afterwards or let go?

No matter what the earnings are, trust me when I say they are low quality earnings. I work in sales and we're pulling deals forward by giving extreme, extreme discounts. We're mortgaging our future to meet our quarterly goals. Our pipeline for Q3 and... — read more 

What are the top 5 products that are actually making money for ibm? Mainframe?

Complex financial engineering is one sign of trouble. If you need a PhD to understand an company's investment or a company's balance sheet then they are probably best avoided (both the investment and the company). Or what do you think?

"Using design thinking to design software that is useless and unusable." Saw this under the "What's IBM good at?" post and found it intriguing that it got so many positive votes. Can anyone name one IBM product resulting from design thinking that was... — read more 

The IBM Quarter Century Club of Victoria (Australia) has traditionally been funded by the corporate generosity of IBM but that commitment is clearly no longer held as valuable as it once was, by IBM. The last financial support from local IBM came in... — read more 

For 18 months the email system has been down - migration from Notes but nobody in IT can put pieces of new system together. Lacking this would drive employees out. I guess the old days of PROFS would have been better. (How many remember that old... — read more 

What Ever Happened to IBM’s Watson? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/technology/what-ever-happened-to-ibms-watson.html?referringSource=articleShare

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