He debated announcing this before the MCC engagement survey, but he is now planning to announce mandatory RTO for MCC, 3 days a week, on Monday. You/your team will have the flexibility to choose the days you go in. Unsure of when it will actually go... — read more 

If you sign any severance docs, you absolutely CANNOT sue. Only Arbitration Average age of those laid off is 53 (An absolute fact)!! If you want to potentially sue for age discrimination, I highly recommend Wright & Greenhill in Austin, who... — read more 

IBM is doing what it does best -- selling air!

https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/13/kyndryl_ibm_sued_discrimination/ IBM and its IT infrastructure spinoff Kyndryl were this week taken to court by an axed exec who had put decades of her life into the tech giant. MaryKathryn Doheny, who served... — read more 

The cost of having someone in India monitor this forum and tidal-wave downvotes into it is about 20% of what it costs to have a North American HR person do it. Plus, a lot of the North American HR people just got layed off, so that work had to go... — read more 

Exhibit A: The ramp-up of operations in Costa Rica. https://www.businessinsider.com/us-companies-are-nearshoring-cheaper-workers-from-latin-america-layoffs-2023-5 By: Britney Nguyen May 11, 2023, 2:27 PM CDT As US companies continue laying off... — read more 

I don't believe that most people would even consider staying here for another 5-6 years. I am wondering about the future of this shrinking company. Can you even imagine what things here will look like five years from now?

...we are going to be going deep into Metaverse. We know a trend when we see one. And like Cloud and Blockchain and AI, we have the best stuff. In this case, Metaverse Paks.

With all the negativity towards IBM. No one can deny they make Billions upon Billions each quarter. They continue to do so.

There is a very good chance Storage and Power (non-enterprise) will go next. Not because of the sale price, but because of the people cost reduction (approx 10-12k if you include TSS and associated cloud), and sharing of investment needed to... — read more 

As Einstein put it: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” I'd say that about sums it up. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/09/ibm-takes-another-shot-at-watson-as-ai-bo-m-picks-up-steam.html

Received my statement and it shows I got paid for 31.52 hrs for work thru May 4….shouldn’t it be 32 hrs? In the grand scheme of things not a lot of money but annoying…maybe part of some bean counter’s plan to save a little money on the numbers let... — read more 

RT is sending a message. . . https://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-managers-who-use-ai-will-replace-those-who-dont-2023-5

Everything Everywhere All at Once... https://www.ibm.com/blog/ibm-to-help-businesses-scale-ai-workloads-for-all-data-anywhere/

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on IBM Just goes to show that because someone has a lot of money, it's not directly proportional to their... — read more 

Does IBM even do any business in hybrid cloud anymore. That was supposed to be the next big thing after getting Red Hat. I just don't hear anything about Hybrid cloud anymore.

Does the management really think they can replace 8k employees with ChatGPT or whatever other AI? I think they're in for a rude awakening. Those who have been using it know already that it has many, many limitations that can't be overcome as easily... — read more 

It seems that after debacles like OS/2 and Watson Health, IBM is no longer even pretending to make stuff "for the masses". IBM is definitely not a consumer products company in the same way that Apple, Google and Microsoft are, but can the company... — read more 

AK is sending a message. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/mid-career/ibm-ceo-arvind-krishna-warns-employees-who-work-remotely-your-career-does-suffer/articleshow/99967585.cms

Dexter Henderson, senior local executive for IBM Austin, tells Axios that "there is not a downsizing here at all" with the move to the new building. Expect several RAs for Austin employees prior to... — read more 

Does anybody know how many employees were let go this year?

If ever there was a time it's now

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-halts-hiring-7-800-011845959.html My personal experience with IBM HR is extremely poor: bureaucratic in their replies, opaque in their processes, and largely incompetent throughout. My biggest surprise is that 26... — read more 

IBM will no longer hang a shingle in the Southern Tier village where it became a household name. The company has declined to renew its Endicott lease at 1701 North St. when it expires Oct. 31, just shy of 100 years since a previous incarnation of it... — read more 

IBM will no longer hang a shingle in the Southern Tier village where it became a household name. The company has declined to renew its Endicott lease at 1701 North St. when it expires Oct. 31, just shy of 100 years since a previous incarnation of it... — read more 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-05-02/ibm-s-ceo-says-bankers-are-pitching-him-deal-possibilities#xj4y7vzkg By: Liana Baker and Brody Ford May 2, 2023, 5:30 PM UTC Big Blue deals We got the chance to fire off some questions on... — read more 

IBM’s fundamental problem isn’t the servicing of debt. They borrowed last year when rates were low to bridge them thru 2024. IBM’s fundamental problem is two fold They refuse to acknowledge that management is exceedingly overmanned and is a... — read more 

I think all those who have been here for a long time would say that this is not the same company as it used to be. So much has changed. Unfortunately, everything for the worse. Could you have ever guessed that IBM would one day be such a mess?... — read more 

Roughly 7,800 IBM jobs could be replaced by AI, automation CEO Krishna says IBM to pause hiring for replaceable roles Only 7800? It will be far more than that. "Pause". HA! Right. ... — read more 

https://news.yahoo.com/ibm-halts-hiring-7-800-011845959.html

Key Facts Krishna said in an interview he believes around 30% of about 26,000 non-customer-facing positions, like human resources jobs, could be replaced by AI over a five-year period—amounting to about 7,800 lost... — read more 

I keep reading about the "3900", but IBM has laid off thousands more since. Yet not a peep! Why hasn't this massive layoff hit the press?

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/IBM/cash-flow?p=IBM Trailing 12 Months Cash Flow From Operations: $10.4B Long Term Debt Payments: $6.8B Cash Dividends Paid: $5.9B $2.3B more going out than coming in. Nothing left to invest in the business. — read more 

The trolls / management voted this down so here it is again https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5f71ba7e8fa8f51895af9a52/Mr_C_Smith_vs_IBM_UK_Ltd-1305836.18_Judgment.pdf

RH Management is telling them they will get a better severance package than IBMers

I know there have been hiring freezes in many units in the past year or so, but are any of them still active? I know of at least two BUs that have been hiring lately and they had a hiring freeze in force before. Does this mean hiring has continued as... — read more 

Of course. Must show deference to the all-hallowed dividend. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ibm-board-approves-increase-in-quarterly-cash-dividend-for-the-28th-consecutive-year-301806823.html

There is an unusual fast thumbs down reaction after certain posts and comments, very quickly, sometimes within a few minutes suggesting something isn't right... Could be IBM paying social media agents to thumb down posts in a hope they won't be read... — read more