With all the layoffs happening, is anyone still tracking badging? I don’t understand the purpose of going into the office if all they want to do is lay people off.
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@1dd Albany does and data goes directly to 2nd line. It is up the 2nd line to determine what to do with that information.
I am a FLM, I can confirm that there is no badge tracking at any offices in the US. The reason is because IBM is not willing to spend the money to deploy the systems that tracks badging and generate reporting.
Just work from anywhere you want.
I am in Atlanta too... and no longer going to the office. The Atlanta office is all about DEI, women, and other things crawling all over the place. Disgusting, a total waste of my time, not to mention that the space is limited and people are hoarding desks to the point they are putting their name on them and moving in their sh-t from home!
Office, no more for me!
@e7 are you thick as two short planks ? Do you not know what an affair is ? See the dame in HR for after class lessons.
They aren't tracking. I retired end of May and had not gone to the office since September 2025. Nobody ever said a word to me. Manager confirmed that he never saw any badge tracking reports.
IBM is doing it to me right now and it's not the bee's knees.
There are quite a few cute women in the Atlanta office... but even that that is not good enough incentive to show up there, just easier to rub one out at home! Lol!
Bye bye office and fu-k you AK!
@e7 You know, it. The bee's knees. The cat's meow. Everyone's true raison d'etre and the bane of many a good man. We used to do it on her desk. But now with no one coming in we've done it on just about every desk in the office.
@d5 you do what ?
Bob will badge you in daily for 10k red and blue points.
I go to the office regularly because I'm having an affair with my boss. We're pretty open about it because nobody else is there when we do it.
@bt correct. This is a very strategic and calculated move on their part. All of it is. Then want people to leave. They need to reduce head count. If they can get people to leave on their own accord they can avoid bad publicity of an RA action making headlines. Your managers and leadership are very aware that this is the case. They may say one thing to your face but they know the reality behind the scenes
@bk the best option is a layoff.
The overall purpose is to make working at IBM so unpalatable that many of us voluntarily quit and forfeit severance.
I am no longer going to the office, they can lay me off if they want.
I have reached the point where I don't fu--ing care what happens, and I do as little as possible.
my manager asked me who is in the office. I answered that I have not seen him. Wrong answer . But if he could check the badges he would to find something wrong.
leed by example