The amount of threads where people virtue rage and tell posters to report their bosses to HR, with only the most minimal context, truly continues to baffle me. You all know nothing except 1 side of the story, and that briefly told. How many times... — read more
Just out... IBM Mandating COVID vaccine for all US employees
Email from the CEO: S. IBMers, It has now been more than 18 months since the onset of COVID-19. While the pandemic continues to evolve around the world, the health and safety of our employees, clients and partners remains our top priority. — read more
US Vaccination Requirement
US employees are now required to be vaccinated to work at IBM. Thoughts…
Tivoli?
Anyone knows if anything will happen to Tivoli and Tivoli products? With the many recent acquisitions (Instana, Turbonomics and the likes) and looks like Tivoli is slowly becoming obsolete. Is that another part that will be sold off which means that... — read more
Talent Acquisition Partners needed across Europe
Talent Acquisition Partner (Poland) - https://ibm.co/3ixe0Ap Talent Acquisition Partner (Romania) -https://ibm.co/2ZJq4b9 Talent Acquisition Partner (Hungary) - https://ibm.co/3D6fKbN Hmmmm. . . Big Bleu looking to ramp-up headcount in low... — read more
Motley Fool: 5 Things Investors Must Know About IBM's Kyndryl Spin-Off
https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/10/05/things-investors-must-know-ibm-kyndryl-spin-off/ "Key Points + IBM will spin off its managed infrastructure services unit as Kyndryl by the end of the year. + Kyndryl’s standalone financials look... — read more
IBM’s new reporting structure
https://www.ibm.com/investor/articles/ibm-to-update-management-system-and-reporting-segments
Barrons: IBM Spills Details on Kyndryl Spinoff. What You Need to Know
IBM Spills Details on Kyndryl Spinoff. What You Need to Know Source / paywalled: Barron's https://www.barrons.com/articles/ibm-spills-details-on-kyndryl-spinoff-what-you-need-to-know-51632922986 Paywall removed: https://archive.is/9wFVb — read more
Q3 Earnings Predictions
What are you thinking? All those mainframe refreshes are coming to a slowdown this quarter and we’ll feel it.
IBM didn't lose the cloud...
They lost their employees.
IBM Spills Details on Kyndryl Spinoff. What You Need to Know.
As stated in the filing, the company had losses on a GAAP basis in both 2020 and the first half of 2021, but that includes one-time charges related to both workforce reduction and the... — read more
How IBM lost the cloud
Very well-written article, outlining the agonizing history that landed IBM at the bottom of the cloud market https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/ibm-lost-public-cloud
Yet another Big Tech exec heads to central government: This time IBMer Dan Bailey in 6-month stint
Bolstering the corporatocracy. . . https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/27/ibm_exec_moves_central_government/
Can Companies Have a Hybrid Workplace—and Keep Things Fair?
At International Business Machines Corp. , employees who aren’t fully remote will have dedicated working hours when they know they need to be on site: One team might decide it is Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., for instance. How people ... — read more
Excited about potentially joining Red Hat
Joining Red Hat seems like a dream come true. I knew I could come here to hear all the bad. Give it to me. How has Red Hat changed since the purchase by IBM and the exit of Jim Whitehurst.?
Parts of TSS going to Kyndryl
Anyone else concerned about this? I see some SSR and Remote Support names in blue pages now showing a second entry as a Kyndryl contractor. I thought TSS was supposed to go to Systems group. I guess not. We are too expensive and do not fit in India... — read more
laid off by IBM an then told to hand back £290,000
IBMer told to pay back IBM for previous payments after being laid off. https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/23/ibm_shamayun_miah_court_cases/
Go IBM
https://realmoney.thestreet.com/investing/ibm-gets-a-nod-from-larry-williams-15777184
How to Land a Job at IBM
In case anyone is interested. . . https://careerkarma.com/blog/how-to-get-a-job-at-ibm/
Who is eating IBM's lunch?
Here is one take. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/05/how-amazon-web-services-makes-money-estimated-margins-by-service.html
The Rise and Stagnation of IBM
Maybe new-fangled meat slicers should've been Ginni's moonshot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5lEkz3Bomc
RAs starting today at Spain -- Olé!!
After offering a voluntary departure program targeting grey hair fellows and according to the Union with a reduction of aprox. 15% on the headcount AlwaysCo today started the RA raid on the remaining folks that don't went on "voluntary" . Looks like... — read more
Is IBM a top-down autocrazy?
It is harder to run an idea meritocracy in which disagreements are encouraged than a top-down autocracy in which they are suppressed. But when believable parties to disagreements are willing to learn from each other, their evolution is faster and... — read more
IDC WW Enterprise External OEM Storage Tracker
Total WW external OEM storage systems shipped was up 27.9% YoY for 2Q21. Revenue grew 9.7% YoY for 2Q21. Somehow IBM's revenue (current market share 4.7%, down from 8% last year) managed to grow -36% YoY. That's negative 36%!! Hitachi also declined... — read more
IBM paid Pa. $33M to settle lawsuit over jobless benefits computer project
According to the settlement agreement obtained through a Right to Know Law request filed by PennLive, IBM agreed to pay $33 million to the state Department of Labor & Industry to end the litigation filed in 2017. $33M equates to roughly how... — read more
Watson Health
What is going on with Watson Health? Thought it was being sold? Any updates? Haven't seen or heard of any layoffs there in awhile.
IBM invites applications for entry-level jobs: Eligibility criteria and other details
BE/ MTech/ MSc/ MCA in CS/ IT/ Mathematics OR other Semi IT/ circuit branches with 6 CGPA. Hmmmmm. . .degrees required, eh? Not "New Collar" hires? Interesting. . . Work Location: Mumbai, Pune, Delhi/ NCR, Gurgaon, Noida, Hyderabad... — read more
IBM to follow Salesforce ?
Will IBM follow SalesForce to relocate their employees out of Texas due to anti-ab-----n law ?
Kyndryl
Does anyone have updated information on the Kyndryl transition? It appears that IBM has formally transitioned some folks over to Kyndryl. That should mean Kyndryl will be going public very soon. I would just like to know what the new... — read more
IBM accused of stealing trade secrets from Chinese jo--t venture
Even with this, there's no way Big Bleu will ever learn that there is more that matters than the almighty dollar. Just deserves for getting into bed with the CCP and its... — read more
IBM is hiring, please apply...
So first I was listening to the CEO office hours the other day, the CEO said IBM hires anywhere from 40K to 60K people a year!!! Wow, really?!? How many layoffs are required to achieve that hiring number and still achieve a reduction of total number... — read more
If you don't leave in 2021, you never will!
This is hottest job market and if you don't leave now (or in the process) either you can't (just excuses!) Or you're already an ibm lifer/don't mind being one.
This law firm has a practice built around suing IBM
https://www.classlawgroup.com/employment/ibm-age-discrimination-lawsuits/
IBM Personal Pension Plan And Social Security Benefits
I would like to have your suggestion regarding Ibm personal plan withdrawal. Is it good idea to withdraw ibm pension before receiving Social Security Benefits or does not matter ? Do you have any better option . I have about $25K in ibm pension... — read more
My parents installed net nanny so I spend all my time posting fake questions.
My parents installed net nanny so I spend all my time on these boards asking silly questions and posting fake observations. I don’t work for IBM. I don’t even work at all - IT is too tough for me and makes my head hurt. I’m 36 and my parents support... — read more
My coworker has been given almost six figures not to quit within the next 12 months
Is this that unusual? They must think he was about to quit. Definitely top talent, not shy to share his concerns about massive talent loss tha ibm suffers.
RA September 1
Any layoffs today?