I plan to do as little as possible—just enough to stay under the radar—until I’m laid off with severance. Why should I care about a company that doesn’t care about any of us? When there are no future prospects or goals to work toward, why would any of us invest time or effort beyond the minimal requirements?
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I’m still going to do my tasks , actually excelling at them but no more 12-14 days and getting calls on vacation or at 11PM
My GDP amount this year was the final straw
I have a life outside this company
The board and Wall Street investors want to thank A. Krishna for his extraordinary contribution to the company said: ”IBM CEO is cleaning up the swamp at IBM and saving the company from bankruptcy by making expensive entitled dinosaurs train their own replacement by cheaper peons in India , by pennies on the dollar “
This is Alvind's true legacy. He has destroyed the culture of IBM while lining the pockets of himself and his cronies. He hasn’t lead — he’s looted. Through financial engineering and PR bought from hacks like Cramer. Anyone who knows, knows that his tenure has weakened the company over the long haul, and he has done it by sowing fear, hatred, and division and grinding morale down to a bloody nub.
He hasn’t even really helped his country of origin either, if we’re honest, not long-term anyway, and not if making everyone hate them is considered helping. He's junk food. He’s given them endorphin highs and short-term gains for his favorite autocrat, Modi, by virtually enslaving cheap, substandard labor he’ll gladly discard the moment AI takes over — but not before he’s retired to a life of comfort, safety, and luxury himself. It’s only ever been about him — corrosive, self-satisfied sociopath that he is.
IBM in 2025 is a reflection of him and it is a walking corpse, rotting from within. His example is an argument against moral leadership, in favor of exploitation. A true mirror for our times. The worst leader in IBM’s history, hands down, and that’s a low bar.
I do understand the sentiment of people not wanting to overwork themselves for the next 30 days
Many worked nights and weekends and were called or texted on vacation and on weekends.
They saw awful raises and GDP Amounts and were told learn more skills. It’s not enough to be good or even excel at it it’s learn more learn more.
So while IBM lards itself up with debt to artificially pump up the share price as well do these acquisitions, Alvind Krabanaugh and the rest of the greedy pipmunks feed like pigs .
And with all those glowing references from the CEO downwards on 3 accounts, you still got shown the door at IBM ?
Why was that ?
You got too expensive or your job disappeared to India ?
You're not being paid by Alvind and the Pipmunks to post your heroic history, are you ?
@c4+1jqs461cq I had positive relations with all my co-workers on all 3 accounts I was on both US and offshore, plus I had positive relations with all my end users from ceo down. All it got me was 2.90 to get on the NY subway
HR post
'When I was certain that time was running out, I made sure that I did much more that "minimal" to ensure that (a) my skills were as modern as possible'
that doesn't mean helping IBM
'b) I had positive relations with people both inside and outside of IBM'
if you had positive relations inside IBM you would not have been let go
There are a few problems with this. The first is: you need to imagine just being laid off. Your severance will be limited to whatever is required by provincial (Canada), state (USA) or other (elsewhere) labour laws and standards. In Canada or the USA, you won't be getting rich. The second problem is: how does "doing the minimal" help you? I was a long time software developer there. When I was certain that time was running out, I made sure that I did much more that "minimal" to ensure that (a) my skills were as modern as possible and (b) I had positive relations with people both inside and outside of IBM who would be able to help me when time ran out.
My point is that the post seems unduly negative. Whatever part of the company you are in, you need to take advantage of whatever you can whenever you can. Even if that means doing more that the minimum to "stay off the radar."