Long-time reader, first-time posting. I was planning to post yesterday only, but I just came back from travel. After yesterday’s town hall, I am still having many questions. It answered many things, but not the questions most people were actually... — read more 

IBM is well know for creating things that don't work but look very good in the power point slides so let's build an inventory of such offerings here.

When Mr. Gerstner became CEO, IBM was facing one of the most challenging periods in its history. He made difficult decisions, refocused the company, preserved IBM as an integrated enterprise, and helped restore its competitiveness. His leadership... — read more 

How much did folks get ? Band, %?

AK = Gerstner 2.0 https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/06/26/blackberry-ibm-and-nokia-are-all-trying-to-come-back-history-says-only-one-survives/

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sbcousa_ibm-askhr-activity-7476072366846996482-aad4?utm_source=li_share&utm_content=feedcontent&utm_medium=g_dt_web&utm_campaign=copy

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/25/1139696/ibm-unveils-sub1nm-chip/ IBM has built a new prototype chip with around 100 billion transistors on an area the size of a fingernail, which is twice the density of the company’s previous... — read more 

No publicly listed asking price apparently. But the latest tax assessment shows a market value of $108,846,458 --... — read more 

I'm genuinely excited about the IBM watsonx Challenge. As a team leader, I've spent the last several weekends planning our project, brainstorming ideas, and working with the team on how we can build something meaningful. It's been a lot of work, but... — read more 

Or is it done throughout the year and is person-based? We had a PIP season in my last company, and it was seldom related to performance. I'm just wondering if it's the same here.

It's almost here. Right around the corner. Just about ready. https://www.wsj.com/tech/ibm-getting-ready-to-scale-quantum-computing-b2418cd5 By: Elias Schisgall | June 23, 2026 2:32 pm ET YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N. Y.—International Business... — read more 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ceo-pay-2025-d2885ea3 [Didn't quote entire article text, just extracted AK's info. from the interactive table in the article]. AK ranks 34th out of 392 CEOs on the list: Total pay: $38M Pay Change: +51.1% 1-Year... — read more 

They happened once in a while and for the rest of the time we were able to focus on our work properly. Can we ever go back to that? Or is that behind us for good?

Where is the work in Expert Labs in the US? There is no work at all, customers are not signing anything and it looks like everybody is busy (wasting their time) with Bob! Comments?

Arvind Krishna on AI infrastructure spending: “The infrastructure build-out is a bit ahead. By my math, about 1 gigawatt of power costs roughly $60 billion to $80 billion in semiconductors to populate. So if people have committed to more than 100... — read more 

No Raises? What did that w3 article mean?

Watch for more "savings" coming. . . https://www.wsj.com/video/how-ibm-saved-45-billion-using-ai/C3EDE5AB-F38B-4281-8A92-0421C8753129 By: WSJ Leadership Institute 49 min. ago IBM senior vice president of marketing and communications Jonathan... — read more 

Is IBM using PIPs to exclusively get rid of employees who are US citizens? Do you know of any H1B employees have been been put on PIP and fired for not being able to successfully complete the PIP.

The day just thinking about and waiting for the sh---y week ahead.

I don't get it. People are terrified of being laid off when they should be looking forward to leaving. Any other place would be better. So please tell me. What's making you want to stay in this abusive situation - especially if you're one of the... — read more 

Why is that everything at IBM needs to orbit around a bunch of useless execs? And they are always having fun with ridiculous videos, such as this current one about watsonx challenge.

Back to the subject of this site, what is the current landscape of RAs and pips everyone is currently seeing out there? Including business unit and organization would be helpful in response.

IBM celebrated its 115th anniversary with a global campaign focused on continuous reinvention. Instead of massive public fanfare, the company marked the milestone internally and across social media with its employees, highlighting its evolution from... — read more 

The Wall Street Journal evaluates how leading US corps stack up in 6 areas: AI readiness, innovation, talent readiness, financial fitness, resilience and agility. IBM ranks #19 overall with an Overall Score of 68.2, placing it 6th out of 31... — read more 

Before, if you worked hard here, asked the right questions, and applied when a better role opened up, you had a real shot. Lately, that hasn't been the case. It's like all the internal postings are advertised just for the sake of appearances, while... — read more 

Just got word. First RAs (IBM doublespeak for "layoffs", as layoffs have legal requirements and "RAs" don't) hitting today, to continue the next few weeks. 10 people today on my team, with "lots more" expected over the next few weeks. The team I'm... — read more 

They’re pushing more and more towards 3 days in office

https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/the-cruel-loyalty-tax-blindsiding-workers-who-stayed-at-their-jobs-for-years/91355763 New survey data reveals why five or more years of company seniority leaves workers uniquely unprepared—and under networked—for... — read more 

Staying quiet when someone stole my credit cost me a promotion and I regret it every day.

"'Misunderstood'", eh? https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/ibm-stock-hits-52-week-high-citi-raises-price-target-to-375-on-quantum-push/cZ00XlqReDj

Ummmmm. . . https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-04/ibm-at-t-accused-by-whistleblower-of-covering-up-foreign-hacks By Jake Bleiberg and Mark Anderson June 4, 2026 at 2:58 PM CDT | Updated on June 5, 2026 at 9:18 AM CDT A lawsuit... — read more 

I am put on a PIP. The second line manager is according to the HR message the evaluator. First line manager is supposed to support. First line manager creates hard to achieves goals. The normal thing would be that the second line manager gets his own... — read more 

"pump and dump"

https://seekingalpha.com/news/4600557-ibm-google-team-up-to-provide-agentic-ai-solutions-to-enterprises It certainly looks like IBM is exiting “enterprise cloud solutions”

Link --> https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ibm-ceo-commits-to-reaching-quantum-computing-milestone-by-2029/ar-AA24GHxd?ocid=msedgntp&pc=W099&cvid=6a2049f56af74598af51294d8ec381d8&ei=9 If you believe this stuff will be available in 2029, then... — read more 

Don't know if this is the right place as this board mentions layoffs, but lately there have been no layoffs yet people are quietly disappearing from IBM. They are handed out a PIP and then right after the end date they are gone. Does anybody know of... — read more 

The last RA included one of my older teammates. The guy knew this place inside out as he's been here for a couple of decades. He was not pushy, didn't clamor for raises or bonuses. I don't know if he ever took a sick day. At least I didn't notice. He... — read more 

https://techrights.org/n/2026/06/02/Quantum_as_the_Next_Big_Bubble.shtml