quitting is the only way to make ibm do anything : I used to think like this, that this company will realize that it's losing great people and do something to keep it from happening, but now I don't think so anymore. If IBM wanted to do... — read more 

I'm just wondering if people who were put on PIP at some point and managed to survive (yes, they exist) have a chance of ever advancing their careers or are they stuck? I'm curious since I know of a few people who passed and are staying at IBM... — read more 

Ouch! :-o https://seekingalpha.com/article/4466347-ibm-dead-dinosaurs-cant-dance "Revealing a Rotten Core In total, this paints a damning picture. IBM has been keeping the stock "alive" and somewhat propped up with buybacks, but even that hasn't... — read more 

I'm not interested in IBM until I see at least one full year of core business revenue growth. I'm saying I want to see at least four quarters of year over year growth and, ideally, without any kind of gymnastics around 2020, or pandemic... — read more 

You put in the wrong guy to run IBM!!!

Lower middle/middle class vs upper middle class. Enough said.

You can feel the hot air through your monitor. . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfy7yWJICXg

Anyone seeing this at IBM? The 37-Year-Olds Are Afraid of the 23-Year-Olds Who Work for Them https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2021/10/28/business/gen-z-workplace-culture.amp.html

IBM as myth and warning (Note charts mentioned cannot be reproduced here) IBM’s spin-off of its data centre services business became official yesterday, when Kyndryl began trading. The new company fell more than 7 per cent in its debut, a... — read more 

https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/04/kyndryl_ibm_spinoff/

Biden postponing vax mandate for companies to Jan 4… do you think IBM will follow suit so that IBMers that do not want to get vaccinated can at least cash their 401K match?

https://www.barrons.com/articles/kyndryl-stock-ticker-trading-ibm-spinoff-51635974660 Late Wednesday, IBM completed its long-planned spinoff of Kyndryl, the company’s sprawling managed IT services company. IBM investors largely view the deal as... — read more 

Kyndryl (symbol "KD") begins trading today on the NYSE. Who's next?

Today Kyndryl is on its own. There is good news and bad news with the spin-off. The good They took 88,449 employees with 10 year plus average of skills. (the more experienced and higher pay employees). They absorbed slightly over 1 billion of... — read more 

Judge Gilstrap hears among the highest number of patent-infringement cases in the U.S. His disqualification notices could throw the docket of the small Texas courthouse into disarray, according to legal-ethics and patent experts. . . ... — read more 

How does that even make any real sense in the actual real world?

A small digression, the topic is neither mandates nor cuts, but the rumor I heard that maybe we could get off Notes. I hope it comes true.

Is IBM currently mandating training be done before end of year? On Linkedind, I'm seeing several (not so humble) IBMers , bragging about getting certified in W. The next day, same person bragging about X, then Y the next day, etc. Some individuals... — read more 

https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/cloud/amazon-google-and-microsoft-pile-public-cloud-fortunes

Did you hear? All lettered Bands are getting a 10% bonus end of month for their "Leadership" during these trying times.

https://www.newsweek.com/americas-most-loved-workplaces-2021

I really hope someone here can dispel this rumor! I learned from LinkedIn in the last few days that people now speculate the IBM Redbooks are going the way of the dodo. Apparently some brilliant IBM exec figured out how to mitigate bad 3Q business... — read more 

What should one do when your direct manager obviously fancies a team member and can't even stop mentioning about this person's name in topics nothing to do with this person. Talk about uncomfortablness and the high likelihood of biased treatment and... — read more 

The dashboard is out.. IBMers, report if you show COMPLIANT if you have registered your vax card with TrustAssure/CLX. Thank you.

Word out of Armonk is that once the Digital Health Passports have been verified and validated, EVERYONE will be required to go into the office beginning in 2022. With the spinoff complete and all whom will be shown the door, they have plenty of space... — read more 

Nope! Leave me alone!!!

If you are still at ibm then just enjoy it because there are reasons keeping you there that have nothing to do with technical talent In Austin the best of the best of ibm are now at amd, aws, nvidia ,Apple ,…. The only ones left are the ones that... — read more 

Hello all - please see if you can help answer this. I am increasingly realizing that I am getting constrained in growth primarily due to my non-technical program management experience, I've been doing it for more than 20 years. Now, I am not sure... — read more 

GBS is now IBM Consulting, which will also be known as IBM Cons. (con-artists) for short.

Stifel analyst David Grossman pointed out in a research note on Kyndryl’s recent meeting for investors that the company doesn’t expect any revenue growth before 2025, with potential continued contraction until then. And the presentation notes... — read more 

When is too early to use your days off after starting a new job. Asking for a total of 3 days and have been at my new role for 3-4 months and feel awkward or annoying asking for time off.

Great, so now when I order a Big Mac at the drive-thru, I'll get a Filet-o-Fish and be informed that there's nothing wrong with the... — read more 

I heard a large group of senior engineers and designers are staging a walkout in mid-Dec. after 401k match. Can anyone confirm?

I got an email from a HR Partner to schedule time to review my exemption request. Has anyone had one of these meetings? What questions have been asked? Are they setting this call to reject my exemption or approve? If anyone has any experience -... — read more 

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/10/26/microsoft-msft-earnings-q1-2022.html

What's the salary range for GBS ServiceNow Implementation Specialist in Toronto, Canada (Band 8)? Thank you

Is it acceptable that one consulting member on my team just stopped showing up??? It turns out that he joined a new company without resigning from IBM... Because he thinks it's too "difficult to manage the hard conversation with the team". He has... — read more 

Expect IBM to struggle after this recent earnings report. After losing its 2021 gains, investors now look at another lost year and negative returns.The 5% plus dividend will bring in buyers as the stock goes lower, but there are plenty of... — read more 

What are going to do IBMers? They are sucking the company and YOUR future dry! Grow a set and stand up now. Not much time left.