Thread regarding IBM layoffs

@10dTo1bx-9kxu: I was still working for Truven when the acquisition by IBM went down. At the first "meet and greet" town hall after the acquisition was finalized, the IBM "integration executive" at the time said, in so many words, "all we really want is your data."

With that, and the fact that I had the misfortune of working for IBM for 5 years previously and knew what they were about already, I was out the door at the first opportunity after that. A lot of people couldn't understand why I was bailing at the time, but they're finding out why now.

Reminds me of Rolm IBM purchased Rolm in 1984. They sent a VP from Armonk out and his first words were “I’m not here to drain your swimming pool”. (Rolm had a company pool). 3 weeks later the pool was drained So when IBM says we are doubling down on Truven and Merge, I would take it with a grain of salt. It’s all about costs, and the CFO has already decided if these companies have the correct profit profile He has been tasked with migrating to higher margin engagements If layoffs get him to that profile, he is happy. If not, he will most likely exit that business

"new manager talks about returning to basics, doubling down", Heard it all many times before. These buzzwords from IBM Management sounded great in the 1970's and 80's but nothing changed in the way IBM did business even then. IBM Management keeps recycling these great sounding but meaningless phrases in hopes that the minions will fall for their BS line. Trust me, I spent 35 Years there and retired when I decided it was time in 2012. Nothing will change or get better.

Truven and Merge were good, profitable companies when IBM bought them. It would be a shame to see them "milked dry " and sc-apped.

Watson is just b—s— !

Watson Health = Yahoo Answers with paid experts.

Kinda like the 737 max at this point, best to just sc-ap it.

Watson was typical IBM smoke and mirrors. Billions invested and no return.