Here go. COVID-19 will be the convenient excuse for why Q2 and maybe Q3 and Q4 numbers get missed. https://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-think-canceled-employees-large-events-coronavirus-fears-2020-3

Ironic that IBM releases yet another story on "new collar" jobs now just before expected big RAs. https://www.businessinsider.com/how-23-year-old-landed-job-ibm-without-college-degree CaNese "Cece" Curvin, 23, recently landed a full-time tech... — read more 

Littleton Band 10 here - Was told by a Band C that optics of announcing large layoff soon after Ginny announced retirement were deemed horrible. Corporate decided to delay - she did not know if delay was until end of March or May. I will... — read more 

There is a possibility that I might go for it – wanted to see if you can help me find out what the total compensation would be. Anyhow, this is for a postion with IBM Research located in Yorktown Heights. I have about 10 years of relevant... — read more 

I am about to retire from IBM in six months and I really hope there is no a hidden RA lurking somewhere that will complicate this plan. Anyhow, here is my advice to younger folks (get ready for some semi-organized rambling): Pay attention to... — read more 

What's the impact and what are your thoughts?

Big Blew blaming the customer again for a failed contract. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/02/ibm_co_op_insurance_project_cobalt_trial/

No surprise: we all knew it was all hype & B.S. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmarkman/2020/02/28/ibms-recovery-becoming-cloudier/

Looks like RedHatters have been getting hit: reports of more RAs there and a re-org. – https://www.thelayoff.com/t/13hlUJy1#replies

Some detailed information in the article. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/27/ibm_redundancies_gts/?fbclid=IwAR2LiPhkGaVXXc9DMz69ulMSZ9GcqHkm8u9MkDdDTPSi3PLv-8VOq-FENBI

My colleague has a meeting Monday with her manager to review her 2020 Checkpoint goals - she believes this is her RA notification call - Thoughts?

We were once you. We were once fresh faced young single professionals who had limitless amounts of time to focus solely on our careers and begin climbing the corporate ladder. We too mocked the older generation of tech workers of our day. In... — read more 

Any rumblings going on around the world about RA’s the day? I thought maybe there would be some news or maybe it’s the quiet before the storm

With Ginni deciding to step down and taking a board position this is legalized organized crime at it’s finest. Driving the company revenue down from 104b down to 77b. Cooking the books to show cloud growth by combining and removing Other revenue... — read more 

WIBM: It looks like GTS UK is trying to get around the consultation rules by informing each "business unit" eg IS Non Delivery that the amount of people needed to be made redundant is under 20..... therefore no consultation. Not sure if this is legal... — read more 

I was ”Resource Action” two years ago, 14 days notice, 1 month severance. I had been with IBM for close to 5 years, before that, worked on a company that IBM acquired in 2013 for more than 10 years (they told me those years didn’t count). Many of my... — read more 

What is the lowest % of personnel from the US so that the company still keeps the US look and feel? If there is a team of 20 people in India/China/Mexico etc, led by 1-2 people in the US, the US folks are still the most visible and make the most... — read more 

https://www.facebook.com/alliancemember/posts/1615933305211314

Getting ready for another layoff. Seems to be all US based. Heard as much as 10 percent. My area was higher. Cloud is heavily impacted.

Just crossed the one year anniversary after leaving. Making a lot more money, much better benefits, vastly more relevant tech and improving my skills. Is it perfect? Nope. Every company has issues. But at least they're because the company is... — read more 

They are pushing lower levels to move into billable slots. Also the new collar people will be taking the place of off shore workers since they can pay them $5 more than local retail jobs in the US and be more cost effective than offshore billing... — read more 

IBM Belgium just informed the unions their intention to layoff staff. Number of employees impacted currently unknown. More information to come in the coming weeks.

I met all of my objectives year in year out since 2010. Surpassed expectations on more objectives than I met. Does not mean anything. Few seem to know what’s going on. Those who do know, they fear reprisal. So, no one has got your... — read more 

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4325672-ibm-like-what-see

https://watchingibm.com/age-discrimination-at-ibm/?fbclid=IwAR3hrMseWDnEPQZZ0WEWbwWjdtmqWrHHeMGscBY-spwjabiVmaKXFnQSpQk

He puts IBM’s (IBM) exposure at under 5% for both revenue and manufacturing. . . . There are implications here for the electronics distributors Arrow Electronics (ARW), at 20% revenue exposure, and Avnet (AVT), at 15%. Seems Big... — read more 

If Storage is consolidated it's product lines, it stands to reason that they'll surely be consolidating their other resources too. . . https://www.networkworld.com/article/3527219/ibm-consolidates-storage-products-under-a-single-brand.html

Watson Health is expected to RA 40% across all departments by EOQ. 30-90 in play. Also heard several additional RAs across IBM.

What do you guys think about Bluepoints?

https://www.facebook.com/alliancemember/posts/1606363712834940

Feb. 13, 2020 – https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-huawei-charged-with-racketeering-11581618336 Now let's take everyone back to October, 2012 – Why is IBM Helping... — read more 

IBM Belgium expressed today their intention to layoff employees. Number of impacted employees not known yet. More information to come in the following weeks.

All the work has come to a screeching halt and there are no signs of things improving. I'd probably say we are about 75% slower than normal there.

The fact remains, there have been some noticeable contractions in the enterprise blockchain world of late. Might there yet be some bloodletting on the blockchain side at IBM? Cuomo says no: “We are very healthy here in blockchain... — read more 

Reading the published reports on the reasons for succession, it becomes clear that Ginni Rometty’s tenure at as CEO had become increasingly untenable. Under her leadership, IBM had lost a quarter of its value. Thanks again, Ginni! And... — read more 

North American colleague told me all but critical technical GOM hires on hold for now, and her HR friend said timeline is at least through March. Anyone have other details?

Gerstner's First Quarter Marked by Small Operating Loss, record Write-off - Yet IBM Stock Rallies PHOENIX, July 27, 1993 - IBM announced today a record quarterly loss (about $8 billion) as a result of a record quarterly write-off (about $8.9... — read more 

CS major, small regional school. Graduating in 2022. Please chime in.

How do I contact Payroll at IBM after I've left the company? Please let me know, cannot find info on IBM's site... Thank you!

Who's swurprised? https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/at-work/tech-careers/most-ibm-employees-happy-about-ceo-change-blind-survey-says