Big Bleu engaging in more patent trolling. Seems it's the only source of reliable revenue. https://westfaironline.com/133472/chewy-sues-ibm-in-patent-dogfight/

In a NJ case, a judge has ordered emails between Sr executives, the tgen CEO, related to the layoffs. This should be interesting. This is a NJ state court, could be useful for those affected by the latest RA there as posted before, to find out... — read more 

It seems like people in power are sleep walking thru p10 waiting for the big shoe to drop, every year for the last six years power has had layoffs and with the big changes at ibm taking place everyone is expecting something big and ugly. The only... — read more 

Why do people automatically assume at 65 you can retire. You have no idea what this guy's financials are. Age should not be the factor - ability should be the factor - for any job. Experience used to be of value to IBM, but they no longer value it... — read more 

Hey guys, how do you deal with anxiety? It seems to me that it is harder for me to bear the expectation of whether I will be next on the RA list than it would be for me to bear the actual RA. I’ve never been more anxious and can barely concentrate on... — read more 

Please post your age, how many years of service, department, country. GTS or GBS.

If you work in Austin please do not be scared and frustrated. I was there after a very long 30+ year career. I finally tried looking and found out there is a ton of higher paying jobs. Forget money for a minute even if it’s good, I felt something I... — read more 

I am sure along with a lot of other valuable IBMers, I got RAed on Feb 15, 2021. I had 40 years of very successful experience in System Sales as Accounts Manager and Brand (Mainframe and Power) - I guess nothing matters. May be, it was 65+ years of... — read more 

Another deal Big Bleu screwed-up and now has to pay for. https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/03/direct_line_ibm_insurance_b4c_lawsuit_settled/

They RA’d people who are just about to retire. I know of two cases, and I wonder how many more there were. Shame! It’s so humiliating! This is the best indicator of how much IBM values loyalty. You need to remember this every time you think of being... — read more 

Have been hearing rumors for a while but very few impacted. How come TSS never seems to be affected?

https://www.facebook.com/alliancemember/posts/1947300555407919

I am new to IBM and I am interested in how much this company invests in employee training? Someone tells me they invest less than ever, and someone that IBM really invests a lot in training new employees.

IBMs Problems: Countless reorgs/RAs have left people orphaned or absorbed into positions with titles that can’t be backed up with the modern skills or experience to match, and those people know how to play the Corp game well enough to stay low... — read more 

If you were RA this week, please provide us your country, your division and your age. Thank you!

Keinan is a veteran of more than three decades in the technology industry, most recently as a venture partner of Pitango Venture Capital, Israel’s leading venture capital group. He served as general manager of IBM North America, general... — read more 

These skills can be useful for the growing number of “new collar” jobs, or roles that don’t require four-year degrees, such as web developers, cybersecurity experts, customer service specialists, systems administrators, project managers or... — read more 

Is it just me or does it feel disingenuous to hold departmental ra-ra-sis-boom-ba meetings headed by the many cheerleaders I mean the many managers in IBM, while there are a bunch of layoffs happening throughout IBM?

Search for IBM... :-( https://www.canalys.com/newsroom/global-cloud-market-q4-2020

Hopefully Previn takes all his Agile B.S. with him. https://www.wsj.com/articles/ibm-names-research-veteran-as-cio-11614643140 Kathryn Guarini of IBM Research succeeds Fletcher Previn, who is leaving the company International Business... — read more 

I accepted an offer from a different company last Friday, start date is 13 days from now at this point. Two weeks' notice is customary courtesy, but I'm worried about putting in my resignation before the paperwork clears at the new place...it can... — read more 

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4410427-international-business-machines-corp-ibm-presents-morgan-stanley-technology-media-and-telecom

I just got informed of a layoff this morning. I was a contractor for IBM for 7 years, and a regular IBMer for 5.

Just announced this morning It fits with what folks are saying on this board. GBS is going to partner in specific industries. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-expands-hybrid-cloud-targeting-144303455.html

OK - IBM HR trolling has been pointed out a couple of times. Let's face it.. the role IBM HR is to support the policies and needs of IBM management (NOT employees) so whether specifically directed, or on individual initiative, trolling this site... — read more 

First, I am NOT an HR troll. Just a long time IBMer that tries to be honest. I don't like seeing that people sit doing nothing and earning big salaries because IBM s—s or because you're waiting for the layoff. As long as they pay you a big... — read more 

I recently landed an amazing job with Amazon making a lot more than what I make at IBM. And, I mean a LOT!!! I was shocked when I saw the offer. Now, the reality is that it took me more than a year and it was not easy, but it could have been sooner... — read more 

Hi, It was blessing in disguise .I stayed home in my shorts with my lap top and made real money. Searching YAHOO AND TRADING.in 18 months went from 120,000 to 2,1 million.I have my medical through the IBM RETIREMENT PLAN is all I need .My... — read more 

I'm just about to join IBM Global Business Services, having read some of the comments on here. I'm worried that I may have made a bad choice. What's the atmosphere like? Pros and Cons?

Slightly off topic, but here's another example of IBM chipping away at itself. What's next? Dear IBM Retiree, IBM has long been a leader in corporate social responsibility due to our ability to refine and reimagine our approach on social impact... — read more 

At the end of 2017 (or put another way; at the start of 2018) IBM had a global workforce of ~366,000 Red Hat added (in 2019) ~13,000 At the end of 2020, (start of 2021), IBM had a global workforce of ~346,000 So, 366,000 + 13,000 = 379,000... — read more 

There are lot of technical issues/defects most people can't fix ot even understand. They keep scheduling meetings and talking about "ideas" but inaction reigns, whole teams paralyzed because they just do not know what to do. Legacy code written by... — read more 

There's no bonus, no raise, no promotions. Even with promos, one would be lucky to get 10% raise. So what's the motivation to work here?

This is from an email from Jim Whitehurst to employees: "integrity's a fundamental part of our culture and what we're building. It's one of the reasons that we've endured for over 100 years and continue to be successful." Today's IBM execs have no... — read more 

Hello everyone, Question is has HR barred the move of employees from one team/group to another team/group within GTS? I have been doing sh*tty work at my current role for past 6-7months and while I'm searching opportunities outside IBM and will... — read more 

I don’t know how to frame my mentality when going to work each day, knowing every colleague/management is backstabbing each other to death, as the decisions from above change on a seemingly daily basis. I’ve adopted the collecting paycheck for... — read more 

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