They’re pushing more and more towards 3 days in office
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@12h: after working few years at IBM, I discovered that advancement is is limited to some ethnic groups (white Anglo-saxon, Indian, some blacks and Hispanics (the stupid one, Yes man ...).
Being 40+, I had few choices left. Find another job (start from the beginning) or adjust my behavior.
I decided for the latter, While, I mostly fake doing any meaningful work for IBM, I became a trader while being at the office at IBM.
It is working very well, I have been making more money on the side, more than the IBM salary. I gave up on the career advancement at IBM. I advance my finance using IBM infrastructure.
Thank you IBM.
@12a As @12b wrote, how are they gonna find out? I write on my personal laptop, which I position next to my work laptop, which in turn has automated cr-p running to make it look like I'm busy. I have a complete outline and three chapters written already. By the time IBM finds out, or if, I'll be making royalties off the book and movie. A total parody of IBM to boot. You're gonna be powerful, but I'm gonna be famous. And I did it all on IBM time. LOL!
@129 the younger are only better until they learn the tricks from the experienced ones. Then, they will follow the same or similar strategy and there is nothing that you or your master Arvind can do to stop them. Everyone is not d-mb and naive. If things were different (People were naive and d-mb), IBM's share price today would be around $500+ a share, based on what some of the ignorant analysts write. But is it there today ? NO. Will it be there in the next 30 or even 90 days ? Who knows ? You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time. Certainly not on the hype coming from Quantum computing. It certainly didn't work for the IBM Cloud. Or the ridiculous IBM Badges paraded around.
@12a hope they sue for time theft ?? how is IBM gonna find out ? This is not some archaic assembly line of the 1900s with time card punches. Best they can do is fire someone but they can't sue anyone for the sort of trash you're talking about. If they did that, they should also sue a lot of their executives for fraud and failure to keep to the IBM Business Conduct Guidelines too. Start with the lies, fake promises and false marketing statements. But we know Corporate IBM is full of hypocrisy, so that will never happen. LOL
Write your novel buddy. Hope you get sued by IBM for time theft.
@tq disagree hard. Experience here seems to equal entitlement, flat out refusal to go to work, time theft while "working" but out shopping, and demanding pay to literally di nothing.
Younger are way better. Sorry!
@y3 no no office je-ks want to NOT WORK and GET PAID to not work..
This is on every board. Everywhere.
Get rid of all of them and hire eager young ones.
Id--ts. I hate them all
I don't wanna go to work either!!
Why do I have to work?
I deserve a salary. But not work. Fu-k this!
@bw IYKYK
If IBM makes me RTO, my kleptomaniac hands are RTOing with me!
@ya You can also nail things down if they aren't already. Gorilla glue under conference room phones as well as under the receiver and on the keys... That phone ain't goin' nowhere! LOL
@dq they can track wifi usage to make sure people stay in office but before I was laid off my manager said to just badge in that's it. It's very possible theh start sending reports to managers on who isn't staying in office long enough. It's a waste of time. I moved to a full remote company and am so much more productive.
@y3 Fcuk Alvind and his corrupt Pipmunks. IBM is the cheapest of the cheap companies but these crooks get the biggest bonuses.
If it isn't nailed down, it will sprout legs and walk. LOL
So nobody wants to work? People are bragging about doing other things like stealing pencils and writing novels?
IBM is not paying you to buy stuff from Amazon. Arvind is working hard to make IBM competitive and I see all this craziness here
@vr Actually none of us need that stinkin' Arvind or his corrupt and incompetent Pipmunks.
@wf might be a better idea to make more cash on IBM's time and dime. Set up your own "Only Fans Of Big Blue" web site. Put down Arvind's and Kavanaugh's names as the owners and Nickel as the choreographer (CHRO). After all, that is what these executives are into - resource and people trafficking worldwide and of course, getting rich quick. It should be a hit Web site if you do things correctly.
@vr One of the best ways to rip off IBM is to use your work time to pursue your passion. For example, my dream is to write the next great American novel. So I'm writing a sci fi about a tech company with a team of engineers responsible for simulating this world in which we live. The company's marketing and management don't really believe this is true but they nonetheless oversell what the company does by introducing a new religion into the world that claims to represent the true World Creator, who has blue skin and exists in the Quantosphere. Joining this religion requires lots of faith and donations. In any event, if you see a wild-haired IBMer madly typing, it might actually be me writing my novel.
@sq I prefer to rip off IBM for every penny I can, even if it's just a pencil. I take something from IBM every day: random office supplies, paper towels, time. These are my "we-pons of the weak" LOL
The only thing I don't take are those useless stinking badges. I don't need no stinking badges!
@sq the eagerness and ineptitude of younger workers is no substitute for experience
100% support replacing all noncompliant workets.
"Workers" (is your job real though or is it just emails) refuse conditions that employers want—such as returning to the office—companies can replace them with workers who are more willing to accept those terms and lower pay.
Young workers entering the industry are often very eager.
If you don't want to go to work - don't! - And let the many more deserving people do it.
@p4 are you the Indian bot hiding in Arvind's toilet ? Are you writing your daily diary there ?
I am based in the US. In F&O
Notice how @gr never says where he is located ? If not India, maybe the Philippines, Costa Rica, ? Notice one of his replies "@dn insubordination x 10. Good luck. That is all logged by the way" I'd like how it's being documented if postings anonymous and no way knowing where anyone is located
@dq - No, there is no cloud, just vaporware.
@gr Quit your miserable whining and STFU.
You need to be on the CIO RA list since yesterday. Are you working to get the NEW Badge coming out specially created by Nickel MotherT for IBM LinkedIn members ? "Laid Off From IBM. Awarded by Arvind Krispy Kreme"
I am not a bot I am not from India. Quit lying
@fy - Oh that pipmunk bot ? It ran out of tokens.
@dn all good things come to an end.
BTW, what happened to the pathetic IBM India CIO troll who used to write the same garbage every day about his badges and aspirations of grandeur as an IBM executive (Band 7 no less)? Did he become Miz Wrong's new lapdog ?
Hope you have a backup plan bro
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/banker-fired-for-coffee-badging-despite-ee-rating-asks-for-interview-help-advice-turns-blunt/articleshow/129473357.cms
https://stlawyers.ca/blog-news/bce-coffee-badging-terminations-2026/
@dn insubordination x 10. Good luck. That is all logged by the way
I terraformed my shorts.
@dq - I just looked up at the sky and I don't see IBM written on any of the clouds. Employment with IBM has become a joke and the buffoons that IBM has placed in its leadership leave no stone unturned to prove it over and again.
IBM has a Cloud ?
Who really cares about RTO, the sh---y offices, toilets, etc... Go badge in, then immediately turn around and go home... all these IBM offices should be empty!
Be smart, badge in and go home!
That's what I do 3 times a week when there is no traffic during the day!
@d7 Sadly no, IBM is only interested in getting raises and bonuses to Arvind Krispy Kreme and his Pipmunks going forward.
Does any of them care if you have a longer and more expensive commute ? No more than than Agent Orange. And you were spot on about the upcoming toilet downgrades. Soon you will have to pay $2 to relieve yourself each time in the small cubicle toilets that Krispy Kreme is constructing at the remaining IBM sites. These are built on the Indian squat style and there is no toilet paper, so bring your own. The goal is to make things as uncomfortable for IBM US employees so they will quit and then IBM has to be out of pocket even less. This is why the F&O division is filled with embezzlers, thieves and ex-cons. And Miz Wrong rules them all.
Don't be surprised if Krispy Kreme orders this post deleted as soon as he sees it. The previous one was deleted earlier. LOL !
@OP - Are there showers, fitness center and yoga classes onsite that are being offered as incentives to come to work? That may be a motivation for some but if the expectation is that most people would resign, that would make it look like the real objective for IBM is to save money they would otherwise pay as severance. To ask them why they are calling people back to office when it is clearly not going to make a difference is useless, after all, these clowns have only been trained to run the circus by their masters, not to answer questions or think logically.
@cs
Arvind Krispy‑Kreme rises at dawn,
His tie perfectly straight, his conscience long gone.
He surveys IBM like a kingdom of steam,
Fueled entirely by layoffs and Krispy‑Kreme.
He whispers, “Efficiency,” with his evil CEO grin,
Which everyone knows means “Let the cuts begin.”
He sharpens his spreadsheets, cold and extreme,
A guillotine forged from frosting — Krispy‑Kreme.
AI is his sword, quantum his shield,
He swings both wildly across the corporate field.
“Automate everything!” he shouts with a scream,
While HR quietly updates the offboarding team.
The org chart trembles — a seismic event —
Entire departments vanish like they never paid rent.
“Cost savings!” he cheers, a sugary dream,
As badges stop working mid‑latte — Krispy‑Kreme.
Then comes the offshoring plan, bold as a coup,
A PowerPoint deck titled “Why This Isn’t About You.”
He points at a map with executive gleam,
“Shift the workload globally — and pass me a cream.”
He claims it’s strategic, a visionary stance,
But the timing suggests it’s just budget finance.
He calls it “global synergy,” a corporate meme,
But everyone knows it’s pure Krispy‑Kreme.
Quantum computing hums in a cryogenic tomb,
Colder than the vibe in the conference room.
“Qubits will save us!” he says with esteem,
While another team disappears like a fever dream.
Employees refresh Slack with existential dread,
Wondering whose job is quietly dead.
But Arvind just smiles, serene as a dream,
For nothing pierces the glaze of Krispy‑Kreme.
He ends each quarter with a donut‑fueled roar,
“Layoffs complete! Now let’s cut some more!”
He sprinkles reductions like frosting supreme,
A cost‑cutting wizard — Arvind Krispy‑Kreme.
And when IBM’s future is foggy and bleak,
He’ll say, “We’re more agile,” with a corporate cheek.
Then ride into sunset on a donut machine,
The patron saint of layoffs — Sir Arvind Krispy‑Kreme.
Are Bob, Rob "I look mahvelous in hoodies and sneakers" Thomas and the lurking IBM troll in here that has 1328 down votes and not a single up vote, all the same entity?
There once was a fellow named Bob
Whose favorite pastime was his job
He’d type and he'd click
But then very quick
Would turn into a blubbering s-b.
Bob hates back to the office.