Just got notice I'll be moved to a different team. Anyone else? What is TSS MVS? That was an option presented as a possible destination.

I don't know when the bloodbath that everyone is talking about will begin, but it is certain that it will happen this year and that the cuts are not far away. I’ve been working here for a long time and I’ve survived a lot of cuts, but I’m still not... — read more 

I get this newsletter in my inbox. Here it is, reproduced in verbatim. From: bob@accelerationeconomy.com January 6, 2022 Cloud Revenue Report Card. The Cloud Wars Top 10 vendors are going to post cloud revenue of just under a... — read more 

Similar to GTS getting spun out last year it looks like GBS is the next target. Easy to see based on how sellers (and senior executives) are being separated by "Technology Sales" vs "Services Sales". Anyone placed under a services sales bucket will... — read more 

After the massacre that was 2021, 2022 should have been the year of stability. The carousel is spinning as we start the year and the Execs are talking solely about execution. But the stability? Huge change to rep coverage as S1 / S2 is now 1, 1.5... — read more 

How many others got a new FLM today?

https://benadam.me/thoughts/my-experience-at-amazon/

Some would say that this is good, but to me it is worrying and signals that IBM is not going in a good direction. Of course I use any downtime to find a better opportunity because I think 2022 will be turbulent here. I believe many here are in a... — read more 

https://www.barrons.com/articles/ibm-watson-health-sale-51641401912?siteid=yhoof2 "Big Blue has hired BofA Securities to find a buyer for its Watson Health artificial-intelligence-software business according to a report. IBM ‘s looking for a price... — read more 

https://www.axios.com/ibm-tries-to-sell-watson-health-again-82f691a4-ab81-4b2b-a5bb-13a7556c8ef1.html

https://newsnreleases.com/2022/01/05/harris-acquires-i2-product-portfolio-from-ibm/

Apple is now worth $3 trillion — more than Walmart, Disney, Netflix, Nike, Exxon Mobil, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, AT&T, Goldman Sachs, Boeing, Ford and IBM combined. When I joined IBM we were leader of the pack. Something definitely went wrong. — read more 

I know it can seem enticing, but chances are you're only being hired to be used as fodder for the next round of layoffs. IBM is known for getting rid of its older employees, and the only way to avoid age discrimination suits is to pad the numbers by... — read more 

Prepandemic, Valentines week was a road trip for almost every division. It was koolaid week. For 2022 that week promises the something similar...swallow this, and hit the bricks.

Must have seen someone have that salary. Just trying to assess how high can ibm pay compared to other tech companies. There's not much data online. I know b9 in Austin can be 160-200k. Can ibm pay 350k for b9 in san jose? Or do i need to be b10? ... — read more 

IBM's i2 intelligence analysis product portfolio acquired by Harris

In 18 years, I think I've gotten maybe 2,000 bluepoints, like 200-400 a year, but if they have an item for 193,015 points you know they must be giving them to someone?

Someone has put forward interesting productivity numbers here that show that productivity at IBM is falling drastically. I think we all know what the reason is, but I wonder what you would say is the biggest reason for the drop in productivity... — read more 

It recently came to me why we have so many useless layers of management at IBM. It's less about making sure to find appropriate spots for family/friends/sycophants (although that plays a role as well) and more about blurring the lines of... — read more 

Is anyone working out of 105 Madison, or is that office closed down ?

https://www.barrons.com/articles/buy-ibm-stock-pick-barrons-51640631478

Any news/rumors of a 2022 layoff to kick off the year like 2021?

"ICI" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y-K6UrwEtI

Fear of unemployment (layoffs) and social-media, performance-based appraisals may mute IBM's employees, but they are speaking loud and clear in other ways: in their productivity and with their wallets. Maybe the Drucker Institute and the Wall... — read more 

Just sharing what was shared to me law firm representing laid off workers for age discrimination from IBM https://sm.lawyernewstoday.com/ibm-workers-li/?li_fat_id=8f03b948-2ddf-472f-8dce-c507ae808792

Why do you say faang pays 2x more so we should all leave? Most ibmers i know today don't stand a chance to be hired by faang, there are exceptions, but most are either too weak or too young, sometimes both. Very little top talent left really. Have... — read more 

I am quite dissatisfied. I expected much more. That is, I tried my best to move as far forward as possible. However, I haven’t made any significant career progression in the two and a half years I’ve been here. Maybe I should have been more... — read more 

HA! Watson doesn't list IBM on this list of 8 stocks. Maybe Watson will be successful. . . https://www.benzinga.com/trading-ideas/long-ideas/21/12/24814302/ibm-artificial-intelligence-supercomputer-watson-has-8-stock-picks-for-2022

Can employees get the BoDs removed? Because something needs to be done here

Still wondering if you're getting screwed-over by IBM on salary? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10350935/Apple-gives-engineers-rare-180-000-bonus-prevent-defecting-Meta.html So ... we get paid way less than market, horrible/toxic... — read more 

U.S. locations keep losing people while overseas locations keep adding people. We're being replaced with a cheaper and usually not as skilled workforce and nobody seems to care. I wouldn't be surprised if at some point in the future 95 percent of IBM... — read more 

IBM is in the top ten. So I guess that blatant ageism, nepotism, and management-through-fear now qualify as good company culture. I don't dare think what other companies are like if that's considered one of the... — read more 

Methinks Shakespeare may have captured the essence of life at IBM and the ignoble end of a once great company: "There would have been a time for such a word. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last... — read more 

Speaking of the past... Interesting article. https://www.theregister.com/2021/12/23/db2_where_are_you/

IBM is living on past glories and borrowed time. Unless someone starts cleaning house from the top-down and gets rid of all the completely useless "charts not parts" managers, develops a lucid strategy to provide products that customers really need... — read more 

I think you're now more likely to get bitten by a shark than to retire from IBM. They're out for blood (sadly I'm talking about IBM, not sharks) and anybody over a certain age is fair game. People are not only getting laid off but fired as well... — read more 

In 2021, for example, International Business Machines Corp.’s innovation score of 115.6 trails only Amazon (155.0) and Microsoft Corp. (136.2). IBM’s best score on an innovation indicator is a stratospheric 141.5 for its number of patent... — read more