Has anyone else noticed the slew of high performers above band 7 or intern level suddenly getting PIPS post stock crash? We keep talking about RA’s, I think that’s being generous. They’re stooping so low, why RA when you can do backdoor terminations... — read more 

Any managers care to share what gets communicated to them on cutting employees? Any of that happening in the near future?

Not sure on the number of folks impacted across BUs but RA are coming in Sept. Given that this have been the worst quarter with a historic price drop, let’s hope for the best.

If you’re comfortable sharing, I’d appreciate hearing about: How many years had you been with the company? What location were you in? Was it a complete surprise, or were there warning signs? Were you placed on a PIP beforehand, or was it... — read more 

https://lnkd.in/p/evfAhpQA Yikes not a good look given what is going on - poor taste. In front of T.J. Watson in Southern New York.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM_Employees/s/CM48XXGtsN

Four chiefs departed from the floor, With heavy gold bags by the door. They left the blue stock on the slope, And took the cash, and ki-led the hope. Lou Gerstner set the grand design, He took one hundred eighty-nine. A million dollars stacked so... — read more 

The stock imploded 3 weeks ago and $70 Billion of market value wiped out in ONE day, now all these draconian cost control measures are being implemented and they are also desperately rolling out the "Next Step" program again to try and get rid of as... — read more 

Let's run the numbers: how many people are actively interviewing? How many are updating their resumes? How many would take the first decent offer that came their way? I'd bet my next paycheck it's north of 40%. That's not a workforce, that's a... — read more 

Heard that there was another "Next Step" program recently announced, to start on September 1, 2026 and wrap-up on December 31, 2026. Not sure what organizations are included, but this end date undoubtedly suggests that an RA is being planned for... — read more 

Don’t get me wrong. I retired from IBM and I loved my career there. I have fond memories of IBM, but I am very concerned as I watch competitors like Microsoft or AWS. While IBMs competitors enjoy double digit sales growth, IBMs sales growth has been... — read more 

Anyone tried talking to IBM recruiters for roles after a previous RA (non performance based). What is recorded in their internal systems for people who get RAed

2024 group life = 52,279 2025 group life = 50,354 Difference = 1,925 Note you must also account for added USA Hashicorp employees at approx 1000 Difference totals 2,925 Or approx 5.5% of USA workforce

Big Blue's Quiet Axe The Call: A sudden ping at dawn, a screen turned black, No room to speak, no turning back. Decades of code and service grown, Reduced to numbers on a phone. The Words: They call it "rebalancing" the scale, A sterile memo sent... — read more 

People are being cherry-picked from existing teams to form new teams. The decisions are made from the top levels and managers typically don't know what's going to happen. Get ready for another round since IBM bolsters their earnings on cost... — read more 

Why IBM managers are so incompetent?

I remember when we had team events, feedback sessions, and actual human connection. Now it's somehow all turned into silence and spreadsheets. That says a lot about how much the whole place has changed over the decades. From a great place to work to... — read more 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/ibm-ceo-arvind-krishna-goes-one-on-one-with-jim-cramer/vi-AA295NFl He is all over the place. AK is so weird.

If you have PowerPoint skills and thrive under the pressure of being laid off, please apply.

Are promotions cancelled in consulting?

Hearing IBM canceling all travel and pulling out of conferences. How can we sell if we can’t meet the clients? Setting up disaster for q4 and beyond. Guaranteed brutal actions are next.

On December 1, 2025, IBM questioned the economics of hyperscalers’ AI infrastructure plans. Using a hypothetical 100-gigawatt global buildout costing $8 trillion, he concluded: “There’s no way you’re going to get a return on that.” The warning was... — read more 

Manager was telling team no travel moving forward and to cancel upcoming trips. Anyone else been told this?

Does it make sense for companies to hired h1bs while layoffs are ongoing?

IBM attributed part of its weak quarter to customers redirecting budgets toward servers, storage and memory amid supply constraints and expected price increases. Microsoft faced the same component pressures—and much greater exposure to AI... — read more 

All new hires WW have to be approved Alvind and he wants a genuine business case. He doesn't even trust his direct report to sloths to make a good hire.

Ignore the 25% loss in market value of the company. Look over here at this shiny bauble. https://www.wsj.com/cio-journal/ibm-claims-new-era-of-quantum-advantage-92e3d5d4 Big Blue is racing to show that its quantum computing business can be... — read more 

Will Circle have more success with blockchain than IBM did? See https://www.circle.com/pressroom/circle-acquires-ibm-blockchain-patent-portfolio

From the earnings release: Software — revenues of $7.8 billion, up 5 percent: Hybrid Cloud (Red Hat) up 11 percent Automation up 4 percent, up 3 percent at constant currency Data up 19 percent, up 18 percent at constant currency Transaction... — read more 

Oh AK, you rascal. https://www.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/ibm-ceo-krishna-2-percent-software-ai-risk-stock

Why would anyone in that group still give their all?

In-depth piece (15-16 minute read) on IBM's Q2 debacle and the company's future viability. https://www.thestreet.com/investing/ibms-25-crash-reveals-ais-hidden-corporate-casualty

How is IBM able to maintain such a consistent track record - This would also mean for every 4 people who get assigned a PIP, only 1 would fail and be terminated. With the increase in number of PIPs that are being assigned to avoid WARN notice and... — read more 

A lot of struggle these days in the IBM Expert Labs organization. Work is less and less every year, it does not seem like they will survive another year. Comments?

IBM’s problem is not that the mainframe disappears tomorrow. It is that most new workloads are being built elsewhere. AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Linux are now the defaults for new applications, while IBM Z, AIX and IBM i increasingly depend on... — read more 

Bob is quoted as saying "I'll buy that for a dollar"!

We all know what IBM managers are planning with some people not needes anymore in projects... PIPs and layoffs.

They can't lay me off without severance, so they're making me want to quit instead. That's the only conclusion I can make after my workload got cut to nothing, my meetings disappeared, and my manager stopped including me in planning. I guess they're... — read more