Post your country, business unit and division here so we can measure the scope.
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TEL, US, 34yo, 5 years of service. There is no real work in TEL (Technology Expert Labs). Stay away from that group.
Glad it is over, it really su-ked for the past 2 years.
Software , 58yo, 10 years
US / Band 10 / 50+ years old / 25+ years of service
Found one article. https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/18/ibm_job_cuts/
Cloud (US), 9 years, B8, just turned 50.
Been told by an IBM manager they are targeting higher Band levels , not sure how a company can succeed when the experience is shown the door, cannot run an AI company with graduates
Sales/US (RTP) / band 9 / 27 years
US / Software / 40+ years / B10
CIO / US (RTP) / B7 / 10+ years of service
STILL no media reports at all about mass layoffs at IBM yesterday! Incredible!
Can anyone comment as to whether the US notifications are done or if it's possible (or likely) that more people will be notified today and throughout this/next week? This would be extremely helpful.
60 years of product development -- that is, 3 people -- US
Resource Actions (RAs) at IBM have "Code Names" ... this one is code named "Falcon"... from what I have heard, it has various phases... Phase I is USA (Notifications for most were Tues. Sept. 17th with Oct. 17th Exit).... other geos/regions I believe are Phase II, Phase III....
US / Enterprise Operations/ 23 years/ B10
US - CISO SOC- 4+years
Technology Expert Labs. 26 years. B9 US
3,500 people in just consulting I was told
US IBM Cloud Infrastructure
US - CIO Business Process Transformation
Anybody in Canada affected? Typically that comes a little bit after they're done in the US.
Did they especially target those not in a strategic location? And/or those who haven't been reporting to an office 3 days a week?
US / Research / 27.5 years / B10
US, IBM Cloud
US Global Sales
Not just US...looks like 1k+ in china R&D lab https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/massive-tech-layoffs-at-apple-dell-ibm-are-a-wake-up-call-for-it-professionals-why-upskilling-is-the-key-to-survival/articleshow/113192745.cms
Consulting. US. B7.
US Security Software Sales
Nine years.
US Technology Expert Labs, AI. 25+ years with the company.
Band 10, 25+ years with ibm, software with good rating up to now
"US" is in all of there .. any other countries?
US - Software (Security).
US Customer Success
US - IBMC - CyberSecurity Services
US Sales Learning
Research - semis
US SW biz auto
they are doing a good job keeping it out of the news, since I have not seen any reports hit the streets yet ...
US ibm cloud infrastructure
Security - US CISO
US Security
CIO US
It looks like it is a major RA
Reddit has dozens of reports https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM/comments/1fj0msc/ra_happening_today_in_software/