Even with all the reductions I still see many bloated areas in IBM. In your opinion, which ones need a haircut the most?

So they're now touting the "new collar" initiative as a positive factor in "diversity"? Woke corporatism is running amok. No concern at all though for diversity of thought, opinion, political leaning, etc., just want woke, non-degreed candidates... — read more 

IBM France announced today a voluntary redundancy plan for up to 1251 people. These redundancies will mostly consist of early retirement (for people less than 5 years away from retirement). There will be no resource action this year.

Hello, your old pal Deep Throat here again. I thought I would give a brief update on the current state of affairs. Including Red Hat revenue (it’s in there somewhere, just turn over a rock or two), Q1 2021, layoffs, spin offs and whatever other... — read more 

At my old company the whole process was a nightmare. A two-minute scripted talk with my manager and an HR representative after which I was walked out by security like a common criminal. They didn't even give me a chance to pick up my staff (they said... — read more 

When the new company formally launches it will have more than 90,000 employees servicing a global base of 4,600 customers, making it one of the largest IT services firms in the world. There is no shortage of IT service rivals and... — read more 

Anyone in Canada get the 55+ volunteer retirement packages offered this year?

Some here say that IBM replaces people who have gone with people who are just not up to the tasks. This is certainly a big problem, however, I don't really notice that this company replaces people at all enough. That may be an even bigger problem... — read more 

Good on him. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/03/palantir-hires-former-ibm-watson-health-exec.html

I'm hearing about many US based employees who are not currently in GTS but are being forced out of their role and being moved to kyndryl. They cannot apply for any open positions in IBM and if they don't accept the transfer, they will be eliminated... — read more 

Thinking about a job that is eligible for the sales incentive program (130% of base if targets are met). Do people get this reliably?

I’ll start. GBS, my team lost 50% of people in the last 4 months.

Betting that once its established, kyndryl will likely be an acquisition target. Anyone agree? Timeline? Who do you think the players will be?

Losing a few people was tough, losing even more has made my work unbearable. I'm trying to keep up the best I can but I'm being pulled in all directions. I need to support and help everybody while I have nobody to help me. Does management care? Don't... — read more 

Hello - like many others I found a new role before the could cut me - (security - industrial). If you are reading this please start applying now as it takes at least a month to get through the whole interview process. With my final day on Friday what... — read more 

Which company first comes to mind when someone asks you about a company that had quite a solid prospect, until IBM acquired it? I’m almost certain that Watson Health would have had a much better future now if IBM hadn’t gotten its fingers involved... — read more 

I work in one of IBM's "Hybrid Cloud" environments. And, I can say first hand that there is nothing technology wise I support that is owned by IBM. FACT!!! Sooooo... Why would anyone choose IBM to support their IT environment.

Do people get promoted to bands more than 1 above their current one, even if they're doing the responsibilities of a band 2–3 levels above? Or, does it have to go in order? Are there certain time periods that have to elapse before band changes? — read more 

Some Mainframe IBM clients now speculate that IBM will somehow sell or transfer the GDPS product suite to Kyndryl? GDPS family of offerings help IBM clients achieve defined goals for disaster recovery and high availability.

It actually has so much cash, they could be in the top 10 of banks and their finance organization is a main driver of their survival. The net/net is that they don't have much to offer but to buy companies and milk them for revenue, toss them out... — read more 

A major round of RA's has hit WH in Ann Arbor. My entire team was wiped out. More to follow....

https://www.wral.com/apple-picks-triangle-for-1-billion-campus-thousands-of-new-jobs/19646410/

I used the last sentence as the title (acknowledgement: extracted from Risks Digest 32.61) Subject: IBM Clarifies Stance On Developers Working On Open-Source Projects In Off-Hours (Phoronix) Earlier this week was a surprising Linux kernel... — read more 

https://www.facebook.com/alliancemember/posts/1987292674742040 I just received word that another round of terminations occurred on Thursday last week in Canada. The employees are being annihilated unless then can work out of the Halifax or... — read more 

I was unhappy but after leaving, it's crazy how we accepted some of the sh–t we experience there This company can rot

https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/16/former_ibm_sales_manager_fired/?fbclid=IwAR0KGzt4q8DYiXH6ZZyMEtJEDZtSIwnnDiSJTcF02Xo-p0S_fgEu2MC9gGM On Thursday, a federal jury in Seattle, Washington, found that former IBM sales manager Scott Kingston had... — read more 

Oh! No layoffs? You must be dreaming – Good or bad Quarter, IBM will continue its actions and continue to be mistrusted by employees! As if nothing happened! WE don't even acknowledge people who are departing after so many years of hard work and... — read more 

Might as well start it before the split.

Under what conditions would you leave a corporate job for a startup? I have an offer to move into a little startup that seems very promising to me. I’m not sure how I would feel working for a startup after years of working here but I’m drawn to the... — read more 

Sell GBS, get rid of TSS , kick Storage out...that's all !!!! they are just disease..1 results was bad , stock goes up because market was expecting horrible results, at the end we see only bad results.

I'm the youngest member on my team and I seem to be the only one here who is not constantly worried about his job. Everybody else is scared all the time. To say the work atmosphere is somber would be an understatement. That is no way to live, in my... — read more 

Among the Management Top 250 companies with the 10 biggest gains in employee engagement and development, International Business Machines Corp. is ranked highest overall, at No. 3. Merck & Co. is ranked No. 11 overall. Telling that they... — read more 

A worthwhile read. https://www.nextplatform.com/2021/04/20/ibms-systems-business-awaits-the-red-hat-effect/

At present much of the GTS workforce is contractors. Best guess is they would be first to go once the split is complete and kyndryl is trying to get the ROI per person to look right?

AK's moonshot? https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/20/its-no-nba-top-shot-or-beeple-but-ibm-is-making-patent-nfts.html

Is there anyone else who thinks this should have happened a long time ago? How useful are they at all? Any thoughts? I absolutely agree with the person who said that IBM will need to be very resourceful if it wants to get rid of Power and Storage... — read more 

Any word on when those raises that were announced awhile ago are expected to hit? If you've gotten yours, hows it look? Peanuts or an actual reason to stay?

Remember analysts expectations and "beat" of such set lower targets mean nothing. Bottom line is that IBM had only 1% revenues growth vs a year's ago quarter, with one full year for AK's ascending to the CEO thrown. But the net earnings declined... — read more 

No more layoffs!

https://www.uni-europa.org/2021/04/No-Sunset-for-IBMers/