Some are disappointed in this company and then they start making complaints that aren't quite true! I'm not satisfied with many things here either, but I can't claim that there is >absolutely nothing to learn at IBM Whenever I wanted to learn... — read more 

There has been growing chatter about IBM's redeployments. Tom Claburn with the Register wrote about one of the redeployments previously (link below). He is currently looking for those who are or have been included in a redeployment. Just reach out to... — read more 

I plan to submit my resignation soon. It's true that I hesitated for a long time whether to quit or try to stay for a while longer, but it seems to me that the next year will be much worse than this one at IBM. Perhaps someone is more optimistic? — read more 

The Bernstein analysts said the stock’s direction from here might simply ride on the state of the economy, rather than any major catalyst inside the company. “Given its defensive characteristics and historical performance, we... — read more 

https://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/local/2022/12/21/ibm-campus-demo-kmart-renovations-housing-binghamton-net-funding/69744347007/ The Village of Endicott was awarded $6 million for the IBM North Street Demolition Project. The IBM demolition... — read more 

I see Power architecture is going into a sunset. There has been talks of selling Power to external parties, but Power shares the basic processor architecture with Z as well as IBM i. I cannot think IBM will give up Z. Will IBM keep spending money... — read more 

Exactly what the redeployment aimed to (and did. . .) achieve. https://www.businessinsider.com/stack-ranking-examples-facebook-salesforce-google-2022-12 For Silicon Valley's army of workers still clinging to their jobs, reaching the end of 2022... — read more 

I am overloaded more than ever but my manager is still trying to add more work to my plate. Why can't they realize that assigning more work to an already overloaded employee will not achieve anything except to motivate the person to leave as soon... — read more 

A handful of L2 enterprise storage support and Premium support, including management, have to find a new job within IBM. Of course, the support workload of existing clients isn't going away anytime soon, which means the people who are left have more... — read more 

The fact that you are still here make you person worthy of getting rid off. For management, the proof of your manager writing lies about you is not you being able to rebut point by point, Getting a better offer with higher pay and higher position... — read more 

so you can tell us about your experience, i.e., how did you manage to do it?

Some IBMers have received notices to looking for work inside IBM in other groups within certain amount of time and if none is found will be laid off. Some contractors have been told 12/31/2022 is their last day. At least AIX kernel development and... — read more 

The more I hear about Polar (CIO Networking offering) for IBM consulting and IBM consulting customers, the more I’m starting to wonder if this is some prep work for selling off IBM Consulting GTS style. Any thoughts on this?

Tragically, Big Bleu at #3 & somehow still in the Top 5. https://www.drucker.institute/2022-drucker-institute-company-ranking/

For support - it's any inexpensive country to save a buck. Substantial majority of support is being re-staffed to India, Croatia, Costa Rica, Bulgaria, etc Which leaves the non re-deployed developers to essentially train the new L2 via increase in... — read more 

Always seems to be plenty of money for acquisitions. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ibm-to-acquire-octo-301697587.html

The U.S. Defense Department has awarded lucrative cloud-computing contracts to four companies: Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle. The contracts run through 2028 and could be valued as high as $9... — read more 

To be honest, I'm still here because I'm not marketable but I've also seen examples of the biggest waste of talent at IBM. The company loses money that way because it doesn't know how to use the best abilities in its employees, but what intrigues... — read more 

https://www.axios.com/2022/12/06/tech-layoffs-h1b-visas-immigration

It is ridiculous that some here expect that IBM will stop squeezing people, that is, asking them to do so much work without adequately compensating for it. Isn't it clear to everyone by now that the only way to get a bigger pay is leave this place?... — read more 

This is the plan for next year… if you are in a HCC, you should be afraid… a. Rebalance our skills to deliver solutions globally at a profitable margin Currently 68% of Expert Labs headcount sits in High Cost Countries (HCC). In order to achieve our... — read more 

Just learned from my manager that I will only be scored on skills and business values. IBM no longer considers ‘innovation’ or ‘responsibility to others’ important for our values. Sounds about right.

Remember, it's just "rebalancing." "While layoffs are playing out across the tech sector, IBM does not plan to freeze hiring, while 'rebalancing in terms of where,' he said." https://www.ciodive.com/news/ibm-tech-spend-recession-IT/637229/

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/02/tech-layoffs-leave-visa-holders-scrambling-for-jobs-to-remain-in-us.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-ceos-elon-musk-twitter-hardcore-2022-12 Elon Musk has been cranking up the intensity at Twitter since taking over. Per Musk, there's a new "extremely hardcore" vision, "dense and intense" office structure, and an... — read more 

https://www.businessinsider.com/big-tech-using-quiet-layoffs-helping-companies-and-hurting-workers-2022-10 Tech companies are having a tumultuous time. To cut costs, layoffs are happening throughout the industry and are expected to continue... — read more 

Everyone talks about unrealistic expectations for employees who are on PIP. How do you identify unrealistic expectations? I am specifically interested in how much higher the expectations are now than before you were put on this plan. Is it... — read more 

20 years at IBM. Throughout my career I had earned many award.

Some people I know have given up on making additional efforts, believing that PIP does not indicate that IBM will give them a chance to prove themselves, but that they want to get rid of them instead. However, why immediately assume the worst?... — read more 

https://www.maersk.com/news/articles/2022/11/29/maersk-and-ibm-to-discontinue-tradelens

Being put on PIP without having legitimate performance issues is certainly devastating. I found that to be the case with many who are put on PIP. Among them there are employees who could be a role model for how employees should be dedicated to... — read more 

Many senior people have been put on a pip in the past few weeks. This is a new way of IBM to get rid of you. At the same time they told me to train a college grad they put me on pip. My question is why do they put a person who is not performing well... — read more 

I recently heard that IBM is selling more mainframes now than at any other time in its history. This made me curious. I don't know much about mainframes, so it was interesting to me to learn how to code for one. But when I search Google for this... — read more 

It would be useful to get advice from someone who survived PIP, how he or she managed to do so. My colleague was placed on PIP and the expectations from him are more than unrealistic. I simply do not believe that anyone would be able to meet such... — read more 

Do you think there will be IBM layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

The Watson redeployment: https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/29/ibm_allegedly_hid_watson_health/ Aside from Gini axing it as not immediately profitable (it's the kind of long term project IBM would have sunk it's teeth into) it's very... — read more 

Is it just me, or does The Register have it out for IBM? It feels like writers there can't wait to find something negative about the company, no matter how small or ridiculous that thing might be, to blow it up into a major "expose." It's like a... — read more 

Hopefully if and when the next round of RAs hit, they will focus on middle management too. https://www.ft.com/content/b06bfbda-619c-4f16-ae9b-26a66d609db2 A wave of lay-offs in middle management has raised fears the US is heading towards a... — read more 

Not layoff related, but.... https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/21/ibm_pregnancy_discrimination/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article

Some here predict massive PIPs (which I think is very possible to happen), as well as that the leadership might decide to exit certain businesses. Hypothetically, what do you think these businesses could be? I still hope it won't come to that. — read more