.... "and tens of thousands in its consulting business." https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/tech-talent-crunch-to-last-for-a-decade-ibm/articleshow/87809930.cms

Krishna, however, did not share any India hiring numbers. Of course AK didn't share any of these figures, of course not. https://www.livemint.com/companies/people/ibm-global-chief-arvind-krishna-bets-big-on-india-biz-11637321036130.html

Think IBM will follow the same? https://www.wtkr.com/news/yall-did-us-wrong-newport-news-shipyard-employees-react-to-vaccine-mandate-suspension Nice to see some "Federal Contractors" are willing to stand up for its employees.. I am sure IBM is... — read more 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-18/ibm-arbitration-gag-rules-are-illegal-fired-workers-say "Rodriguez and Apana are among hundreds of workers currently in arbitration proceedings over their claims that IBM illegally fired them as... — read more 

Protocol.com/enterprise/ibm-lost-public-cloud

Deadwoods Dave Interesting that Arvind thinks re-engineering the comp plans will help. It’s been done before - reps being forced to sell the product of the day, no matter how much of a dog it is or whether the market needs it. We had years of “flog... — read more 

Per NYU Stern Business School .... the average Price-to-Sales Ratio for a "Computer Services" company is 1.11. Kyndryl's P/S equals just 0.22. P/S = Market Capitalization / Revenue ... with a P/S = 1.11, and Kyndryl's projected Revenue = $19.3B ... — read more 

I dislike it, its resource heavy and counterintuitive… How about you?

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/information-tech/kyndryl-sees-india-as-big-opportunity-for-talent-growth-ceo/articleshow/87756123.cms “Here in India, our customers manage every other phone call in India, and they underpin every other... — read more 

If you can't beat them, join 'em! Also, apparently business travel is occurring again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stNk2-ZosOw

The mandate will likely be declared unconstitutional because it is but will IBM ignore and keep demand endless vaxxing. https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/ets2 On November 12, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a motion to... — read more 

Do you feel like WFH has shown you that you are not living a very fulfilling life? I’m starting to realize I was never fulfilled, I was always on the road and superbusy. Hmmm?

Sounds like an overabundance of IBM India employees if they have to setup a new facility to house them. https://telanganatoday.com/ibm-consulting-sets-up-new-facility-in-hyderabad

Start from min. 4:00 but check from min. 9:08 Dinosaur Tech companies (IBM / Intel): "they have no identity" https://techcheck.simplecast.com/episodes/bitcoins-tumble-tesla-bull-turns-bearish-qualcomm-ceo-on-investor-day

https://newsroom.ibm.com/2021-11-16-IBM-Unveils-Breakthrough-127-Qubit-Quantum-Processor

https://www.classlawgroup.com/employment/ibm-age-discrimination-lawsuits/

IBM: The Curse of Value IBM has been wrecked by prioritizing dividends over capital spending https://investorplace.com/2021/11/ibm-the-curse-of-value/ "If there’s a Mt. Rushmore for short-sighted management, Virginia Rometty is its George... — read more 

“ IBM claims it has taken a major step toward practical quantum computation. On Monday, the company unveiled Eagle, a 127 qubit quantum processor. IBM claims it’s the first such processor that can’t be simulated by a classical supercomputer” And the... — read more 

The market is hot, companies desperately need employees and pay well. I don’t know if it’s a big risk to wait and hope to become the target in early 2022 (*perhaps not, but I personally believe that if the mother of all cuts comes, it will happen... — read more 

Hey a friend of mine is interviewing for a cyber security AE job at IBM. he has other offers. What do you folks think about this?

Let's face the truth. IBM is dead as a culture. The pride in the company is at an all time low. The loyalty and commitment to the company at an all time low. It's every man and woman for themselves. And the sense of a greater purpose is seriously... — read more 

I should not try to be overly dictatorial about that.” Yes, yes, because AK has plenty of other things (tyrannical vaccine mandates, etc.) to be overly dictatorial... — read more 

“A $5 million gift from IBM will endow two computer science professorships in Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering in honor of Virginia M. “Ginni” Rometty ʼ79, ʼ15 H, the first woman to lead the company.”

There's talk about more layoffs next week in another post, is this true?

I suspect we will see short term actions to try to get short term pops on Kyndryl's stock based on the CEOs (and the rest of the C-suite's) Restricted Stock Units vesting dates. When does a Long Term Incentive Plan become a Short Term Incentive... — read more 

https://www.networkworld.com/article/3640400/kyndryl-weds-microsoft-as-independent-company-looks-to-grow-cloud-services.html#tk.rss_cloudcomputing

Tier 1: all fang plus some other high paying companies like pintrest and unicorn startups Tier2: uber,lyft, msft etc. Pay a little lesser but companies are growing and relevant tech wise. Tier3: tech companies like cisco, orcl, intel,amd etc. Where... — read more 

If anyone has had an interview with IBM HR regarding their vaccine exemption request, please post your experience here. Of special interest are the following: Were the questions related to accommodation? Were the questions probing your religious... — read more 

C&CS is pathetic. Most FLMs/SLMs are drifters from other divisions and were useless much earlier. With no ground knowledge they get to make all decisions in C&CS. No surprise products are subpar, hardly anyone good wants to join/stay there. Well... — read more 

Just watched this bloke do an "ama". First time seeing him, I see why everyone hates him. Such a wad with smart-a-s smug comments that enjoys listening to himself talk. He didn't answer question, he narrated some boring story and on each question... — read more 

https://www.thelayoff.com/kyndryl /kyndryl

I retired from IBM 3 years ago. I had many experiences and worked with great people. IBM tried to lay me off 3 times. I transferred to other clients and even traveled for two years. i retired on my terms. Learn new skills in high demand so you can... — read more 

Do you think there may be small/medium/large IBM layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

RH is acquiring too, albeit at a slower rate, but already starting to favor the Big Bleu model for "growth". https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2021/11/08/red-hat-acquires-toronto-based-phlyt.html A Toronto-based consulting company is... — read more 

Where are these mass 10s of thousands of cuts people and that de-------t clown have talked about? Those billions of restructuring that was going to be used for RAs? Nothing but blowing smoke and making everyone paranoid.

The layers of management are very necessary since they are the perfect mechanism to hide from the actual work, build a comfortable place for oneself while pushing the real work down. I notice that many, especially the less technical people and more... — read more 

Ummm ... what??? https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenamcgregor/2021/11/09/keeping-the-elephant-dancing-ibms-first-head-of-culture-explains-how-hes-working-to-keep-its-people-focused-like-its-strategy/?sh=36bab0c66922 Another shift, he says, is to push... — read more