Where will the new Kyndryl office be in Manhattan ?

They want to reinstate their pension plan taken away in 2016 .Now are only receiving 401k. I wonder if IBM employees would consider that ?

Welcome to Kyndryl! Everyone is in good spirits. Reminds me of the HP/HPE breakup.

The tech company denies fault with its newly implemented software system for toll transactions. “We take the responsibility of providing a quality and trusted customer experience very seriously, and regret the impact and inconvenience... — read more 

I worked in Channels for a long time after leaving the field. The organization just got too big and too many levels. Pretty soon we took credit for every sale that passed through when in essence it was the field team on the ground that enabled... — read more 

Source below... Big Blue's big email blues signal terminal decline – unless it learns to migrate itself A fun evening's entertainment pre-COVID was to find a pub near a large corporation's IT HQ, look for the customers with the haunted, desperate... — read more 

A heck of job, GR and AK! Why not go hide in a ho-e to enjoy your ill-gotten millions of loot!

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna threw his support behind the creation of voluntary public reporting on cybersecurity practices. The tech giant also committed Wednesday to training more than 150,000 people in cybersecurity skills within three... — read more 

Give us job, location and YoE please

What’s happening with this layoff board? Very few posts are layoff related. All the recent posts sound like they are written by the same person and ask childish questions not at all related to layoffs. Doesn’t anyone else see that??

I see many people believe IBM is great for new hires and younger employees, but even that's not true anymore. I watch every day as they're being used and abused by their managers for what at one time would have been considered ridiculous pay. There... — read more 

Source below: LETTER 6. Q2 Not as Advertised. Cash Burn. Layoff Perception is Reality 8/22/2021 https://thelayoff.com/t/1csmqHzX @OP+1csmqHzX Memo re Red Hat 6/14/2021 https://thelayoff.com/t/1bobChtI @OP+1bobChtI Memo: Re... — read more 

IBM’s problems can be boiled down to one fundamental issue. Lack of executive execution. IBM executives always tell Wall Street what they want to hear (streamlining, spin-offs, efficiency, profit, revenue growth, etc etc etc) BUT IBM can’t execute a... — read more 

Take a look at a mainframe company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unisys Technology wise it's irreverent, but it still brags about an A-list of large corporations and government agencies as its clients. Does it look familiar? For those who... — read more 

How many people do you know who, after leaving unsatisfied from here, did great things somewhere else? I don’t know anyone who left IBM without his career taking an upward trajectory at another company. This is a bit sad because IBM used to value and... — read more 

Thoughts?

Jobs in our sector are plentiful right now - including plenty of remote positions for those who have learned to love WFH in the past year or so. I know a lot of people who are working on taking advantage of that but I know just as many who are not... — read more 

Hello everyone, your old pal Deep Throat here. I thought I’d go over a few topics, including; Q2 results (beyond the bu-----t), IBM’s competitive nature, where the real power resides, and of course layoffs. I will also touch on something that seems... — read more 

How many people were RA last week?

There were layoffs announced today. A lot of folks who were not expecting it got hit or notified they will be hit by year end. Today’s layoffs were concentrated around the marketing organizations centered on tier two clients. They crossed all... — read more 

For those who were RA this past week, please join the slack channel ibmfriends2020. This is a great Slack channel created by ex IBMERS who were RA last year, June 2020. We all support each other etc. highly recommended. Good luck and cheers. Life... — read more 

It is something that everyone knows, one should be always ready, however, there are still people who are surprised by layoffs. Some people who got laid off told me that there were no indications at all that they could be cut. Is it possible that... — read more 

Seems that Return to Work date of Sep. 7 was a bit optimistic. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-closes-york-city-offices-184248928.html

Title says it all. . .

IBM has treated people like a disposable commodity for so long that management just can’t break away from that mindset. Senior management still arrogantly believes that the IBM brand has an unlimited amount of goodwill, and can always be used to... — read more 

They spend more time on RA'S then anything else ,all the effort that goes into it .Day in day out. They perfected it. They might as well do it for all companies and gain revenue.

It's a serious question...

Any advice from former or current IBMers on pitfalls when exiting IBM? I've heard horror stories about final paycheck deductions, not paying out remaining vacations days, etc. I'll be giving a 3 week notice because I'm nice however I don't expect... — read more 

Many on my team RA’d today including me. No specifics on package but said to be in alignment with other recent RAs.

https://www.wraltechwire.com/2021/08/18/ibms-red-hat-cloud-play-is-doing-fine-but-analyst-sees-bigger-challenges/ “They’ve been clear their choice is the dividend, but the implication of that is the likelihood they’ll be able to return to... — read more 

Will they at least slow down the downfall of this company if they can't stop it?

I was lucky enough to get a new opportunity very quickly because it became impossible to work here. IBM makes impossible demands and doesn't realize that it's impossible to sell something no one wants. Instead of the company thinking about... — read more 

How long did it take you to supplement your knowledge and skills that were damaged by IBM’s archaic products and processes? I am aware that my skills have atrophied here and I would love to work in a company that is far ahead of IBM when it comes to... — read more 

Marketing , Digital Sales , and many providing to Segment 2 (especially those with nothing to close this Qtr) Then resegmentation of any Seg 2 accounts with anything of significance in 4Q and everything remaining is BP followed by another RA to clean... — read more 

Are there any career upsides to staying at IBM? Except if you are ready to retire and waiting for a RA?

Do you folks know something I don't?

I just can’t believe C&CS could continue to work in case they decide to give people layoffs too??? I don't know how much your workload has increased, but mine is increasing continuously as more and more people are leaving. In case of cuts I would... — read more 

I think it's true that people are leaving in droves from IBM. My colleagues left last month and I will do the same by the end of this month. It made me laugh when someone said that the management is in a panic because a large number of people are... — read more 

Quick survey to see what IBMers think... When do you think AK will get the boot? I will start: no later than the end of 2022.