Thread regarding IBM layoffs

IBM has turned into a 3rd tier consulting body shop. They make employees shop for jobs like they would do on Dice or Monster. Was told by a prior WSP that most jobs ar wired to friends or people with personal backgrounds like the job owner, I'll let you all call it what it is.

I have to ask “why does this continue to surprise folks” IBM since the purchase of Redhat and perhaps even a little before that, has done nothing but pursue an enterprise engagement strategy. Let’s be very clear, In General If you in your job at IBM touch an enterprise customer, product, or service you have a future at IBM. If you don’t, your future at IBM is limited, as IBM continues to withdrawal from non-enterprise opportunities.
Let’s recap IBM’s 3 divisions over the last 10 years
Infrastructure has been reduced (60%) mostly due to Intel and its supporting products going away Power was suppose to fill this void, but failed to launch as Intel invested in new marketplaces and OS’s, and Power withered on the vine. IBM responded by investing in enterprise solutions, and partnering off non-enterprise solutions.
SW has been greatly reduced (50%) because IBM has decided to buy innovation vs internally developing it. Enterprise innovation was the target and IBM focused relentlessly on it. Can you name one SW acquition since the purchase of Redhat that hasn’t been “enterprise” focused.
Consulting has been relatively unscathed over the last 10 years as it fed SW and HW recommendations which resulted in lots of back office support operations for consulting support teams (yes we are looking at you India as you benefitted over the last 5 years via selling commodity labor to support the back office and consulting) That game has now run its course as AI has finally gotten good enough to automate a lot of those support operations. It’s not just focused on HR anymore, but has grown to encompass coding modernization, automated help desks, and automating various other repetitive tasks. So what does that mean? Look for consulting to downsize over the next two to three years by 50-60% just like the other two divisions have. 150k going to 80-90k
Consulting is in the bullseye, BUT Niche high cost operations wherever they are within NA and Northern Europe are also fair game.
Net net IBM continues to shrink 25-30k per year while revenues grow by 1-2%

@a6 shame on you. You forgot hybrid cloud.... we still claim to be number 1 there.

AK just needs to keep the fake AI and Quantum story going until he retires (imminent) then it will be RT's problem when it crashes.

You have to wonder how Wall Street keeps pumping up the IBM stock while there are human tragedy stories like this one which show valuable IBM employees cast aside like trash in the gutter by uncaring company executives.

But then, corporate greed and extreme capitalism have no limits. Right, Alvind and Pipmunks ?