What 3 foreign countries is tech hiring going to ? Obviously India is one, but which are the other two ?
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Don’t assume that “AI roles are safe from layoffs.” I have many years experience in AI at IBM and spent over a quarter century in IBM management. IBM is home to the interchangeable parts philosophy of management — one band 8 developer can replace any other band 8 independent of skill set, experience, or personal talent. From that perspective, US-based AI folks look like a dubiously expensive investment. That’s why almost all tech hiring is limited to three (foreign) countries these days. In the early 90s a highly respected and famous upline manager privately told me this of IBM: make sure they treat you well; it will not be in their nature to do so.
The next CEO will probably be Slob the Hoodie Thomas.
I don’t think F@t Krabanaugh wants that job. He wants to be just high enough so he collects his bloated company but not have the figurative arrows at him
Once Alvind is off the throne and someone else takes over, you can be sure that AI in IBM India too will have it's days numbered and it's practitioners will become an endangered species. Much of the same is already happening with other tech companies - Microsoft and Amazon have recently had huge layoffs. As someone has already pointed out elsewhere in these pages about IBM, "There is ZERO innovation coming out of India, AI or otherwise. India's only asset is cheap labor and always will be." Dinesh and Alvind can justify their views by opening up new centers in Bengaluru and elsewhere, but facts are facts.
Yes, you are doing Krabanaugh's job. He's too damned lazy to take any training, so he forces others to take it instead and make it up for him. So, it makes him looks like a magnificent leader to lord it over the other Pipmunks. But he's nothing but an oversized and overweight tub of lard.
Sure - if the AI role is in India. Otherwise, forget about it. Job security is dead - even for top talent. You need to be under 40 and live in India to have a career future at IBM.
How is AI working for IBM? Everyone is forced to use Consulting Advantage - which is so d-mb that it cannot give you answers like 3 digit country codes IBM uses internally....It cannot give you current exchange rate. If you need a tools support, there is nothing automated and you need to manually create tickets. You also need to take meeting minutes manually because the BS Consulting Advantage does not summarize all the important points that were discussed and what actions are needed to be done.
I am so tired and exhausted by all the push - do this training, that certificate, complete these mandatories, maintain your utilization and attainment numbers, do watsonx......
It feels like I am doing job for 3-5 people because nobody feels responsible for their job area but instead they are pushing on you to do their jobs.
Safe if you're the AI, LOL
The only safe IBM roles are the BS roles. Learn to lie about AI, like all the execs lied about Watson's capabilities. Then you'll be safe.
No. Big layoffs in AI. Both Tech and Consulting. Last year or so.
Watson (before the X) had a big layoff a few years back.
Ge-z, that sounds like what happened to Blockchain, IBM Cloud, OS/2 and the list goes on....
maybe yes for now... but just wait until AI does not work for IBM... they will be quick to lay off all the AI talents!! Good luck!
As a general rule at IBM, you never start working on the new stuff... just wait a few years to see if it will stick.
As safe as your money was in the Bernie Madoff ledgers. IBM's greed, arrogance, incompetence knows no bounds. Leave them now while you can on your terms as your job will soon either be: 1. Erased like it never happened. 2. Be back filled by a RCG recent college grad who thinks clouds are the puffy white things in the sky and servers bring you food. 3. A place far far away called India. Pick your poison...IBM equals Indian Business Machines. I've Been Misled. I've Been Mismanaged. I've Become Mediocre.
For most employees at IBM it is NO, but for Alvind, Rob the Slob, Krabanaugh and the Pipmunks, it is YES. That is because they lie through their teeth.
Smart clients see these crooks coming and head off in the opposite direction.
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