Is Alvind purposely trying to pork up the balance sheet so much , he wants more obligations ? I was told the company needs to be leaner and they need to bring down costs but what the he11 are these acquisitions for ? Just good press? Bragging... — read more 

EMC was infamous for this in the 80s and 90s. ... — read more 

The only thing left for them to do is cut some more. There’s no turning this sh-tshow of a company toward the future.

Was RAd today. F&O - CIO Brazil. I know many others that were also RAd today in CIO

I'm sure there's some logic behind getting rid of the best performer on our team, but I sure as he-l can't figure it out. I guess that's why those on top are paid the big bucks. /sarcasm

Anyone who was RA'd still abiding by the RTO 3 day mandatory badging in?

Hi everyone, The mainstream media websites are mentioning global layoffs at IBM however from what I have seen so far it has only been US and Canada. Does anyone know if a next round is expected within this quarter for the rest of the Geos and... — read more 

http://techrights.org/n/2025/11/07/Red_Hat_is_Also_Laying_Off_Staff_in_India.shtml

https://www.moneycontrol.com/europe/?url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/technology/ibm-to-cut-2-700-jobs-as-experts-warn-more-tech-layoffs-loom-this-year-article-13656587.html

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2025/11/06/ibm-layoffs-silicon-valley.html

Unlike many now jobless, I’m close enough to retirement that this isn’t as bad. I do feel for everyone else and hope the bad times won’t last long, and that more jobs will soon be out there. We all knew IBM was doomed to fail sooner or later, and... — read more 

Do I have a target on my back ?

So now that I'm being RAed, methinks it's time to think of IBM as a stationery store with danish, as Seinfeld once said. After all, I could use some extra Sharpies and sticky notes at home.

WSJ's coverage. https://www.wsj.com/business/ibm-to-lay-off-thousands-of-employees-before-end-of-year-3b293c50 Tech company said cuts, scheduled for the current quarter, will affect a small percentage of its workforce By: Sebastian Herrera |... — read more 

https://www.aol.com/articles/badly-crippled-ibm-t-fixed-151044608.html

Let's crowdsource the next RA list for IBM. I will start: Arvind Rob Nickle Ric Dinesh Joanne Kareem

Working on an AI focused project in Software and my entire design team got RAed.

"IBM presently has 2,840 job openings in India, 376 in the US, 228 in Japan, 225 in the Philippines, 127 in the UK, 112 in Canada, and 96 in Mexico." https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/04/ibm_cutting_several_thousand_jobs/ Job advertised does not... — read more 

http://techrights.org/n/2025/11/06/Claim_That_IBM_Has_Another_8_Days_to_Lay_Off_Expensive_Staff.shtml

https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM/comments/1ookrba/ra_megathread_please_use_only_this_thread_to/

Out with the old in with the new? https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/ibm-s-ceo-admits-gen-z-s-hiring-nightmare-is-real-but-after-promising-to-hire-more-grads-he-s-laying-off-thousands-of-workers/ar-AA1PRWW6?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Title: Charlotte manufacturer to lay off 850 people companywide amid revenue slump Source: The Charlotte Observer URL: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/article312787843.html Summary: Charlotte-based JELD-WEN... — read more 

Ottawa 50% gutted. There were only about 450 at Riverside, now 196 fewer remaining.

I heard it could go on for at least ten more days. No other details, though. And there are so many rumors flying around, it’s hard to tell which ones make any sense.

"Resource Actions expected to hit half of US Infrastructure group" https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/04/ibm_cutting_several_thousand_jobs/?td=rt-3a

https://www.itpro.com/business/business-strategy/ibm-layoffs-loom-as-single-digit-percentage-of-global-workforce-set-for-cuts

Major layoffs

Irrespective of performance 3-6 month packages

https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/05/This_is_How_Mainstream_Media_Boosted_or_Parroted_by_Slopfarms_S.shtml

I received a 1:1 with manager (Band 10 US). Good luck to everyone

On my team they let go the top 3 sales performers with very high commissions. The guy who sold the largest deal in I M Cloud history was let go a month later. Shameful.

https://x.com/TheLayoff/status/1985891026205360626

In Dallas, Texas IBM laid off the entire Cloud Platform Team (i.e., developers, software engineers, etc.), including the manager.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-04/ibm-to-cut-thousands-of-roles-in-focus-on-software-growth By: Brody Ford November 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM CST International Business Machines Corp. will cut thousands of workers this quarter while it... — read more 

So long as we keep sending managers on trips to oversee the offshore teams things ain’t gonnna change. Why the heck are we paying people to give pep talks in India? This only means a plane load of people are taking their spouses on paid... — read more 

Our team got butchered in software and we're still concerned if all notifications have been sent out and it's just waiting on the interview or if more are coming?

3% of 275,000 is approx another 9,000. Ouch. https://www.tipranks.com/news/ibm-plans-to-lay-off-thousands-of-workers-this-quarter-shares-fall

our group lost 33%