Betting that once its established, kyndryl will likely be an acquisition target. Anyone agree? Timeline? Who do you think the players will be?

Losing a few people was tough, losing even more has made my work unbearable. I'm trying to keep up the best I can but I'm being pulled in all directions. I need to support and help everybody while I have nobody to help me. Does management care? Don't... — read more 

Hello - like many others I found a new role before the could cut me - (security - industrial). If you are reading this please start applying now as it takes at least a month to get through the whole interview process. With my final day on Friday what... — read more 

Which company first comes to mind when someone asks you about a company that had quite a solid prospect, until IBM acquired it? I’m almost certain that Watson Health would have had a much better future now if IBM hadn’t gotten its fingers involved... — read more 

I work in one of IBM's "Hybrid Cloud" environments. And, I can say first hand that there is nothing technology wise I support that is owned by IBM. FACT!!! Sooooo... Why would anyone choose IBM to support their IT environment.

Do people get promoted to bands more than 1 above their current one, even if they're doing the responsibilities of a band 2–3 levels above? Or, does it have to go in order? Are there certain time periods that have to elapse before band changes? — read more 

Some Mainframe IBM clients now speculate that IBM will somehow sell or transfer the GDPS product suite to Kyndryl? GDPS family of offerings help IBM clients achieve defined goals for disaster recovery and high availability.

It actually has so much cash, they could be in the top 10 of banks and their finance organization is a main driver of their survival. The net/net is that they don't have much to offer but to buy companies and milk them for revenue, toss them out... — read more 

A major round of RA's has hit WH in Ann Arbor. My entire team was wiped out. More to follow....

https://www.wral.com/apple-picks-triangle-for-1-billion-campus-thousands-of-new-jobs/19646410/

I used the last sentence as the title (acknowledgement: extracted from Risks Digest 32.61) Subject: IBM Clarifies Stance On Developers Working On Open-Source Projects In Off-Hours (Phoronix) Earlier this week was a surprising Linux kernel... — read more 

https://www.facebook.com/alliancemember/posts/1987292674742040 I just received word that another round of terminations occurred on Thursday last week in Canada. The employees are being annihilated unless then can work out of the Halifax or... — read more 

I was unhappy but after leaving, it's crazy how we accepted some of the sh–t we experience there This company can rot

https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/16/former_ibm_sales_manager_fired/?fbclid=IwAR0KGzt4q8DYiXH6ZZyMEtJEDZtSIwnnDiSJTcF02Xo-p0S_fgEu2MC9gGM On Thursday, a federal jury in Seattle, Washington, found that former IBM sales manager Scott Kingston had... — read more 

Oh! No layoffs? You must be dreaming – Good or bad Quarter, IBM will continue its actions and continue to be mistrusted by employees! As if nothing happened! WE don't even acknowledge people who are departing after so many years of hard work and... — read more 

Might as well start it before the split.

Under what conditions would you leave a corporate job for a startup? I have an offer to move into a little startup that seems very promising to me. I’m not sure how I would feel working for a startup after years of working here but I’m drawn to the... — read more 

Sell GBS, get rid of TSS , kick Storage out...that's all !!!! they are just disease..1 results was bad , stock goes up because market was expecting horrible results, at the end we see only bad results.

I'm the youngest member on my team and I seem to be the only one here who is not constantly worried about his job. Everybody else is scared all the time. To say the work atmosphere is somber would be an understatement. That is no way to live, in my... — read more 

Among the Management Top 250 companies with the 10 biggest gains in employee engagement and development, International Business Machines Corp. is ranked highest overall, at No. 3. Merck & Co. is ranked No. 11 overall. Telling that they... — read more 

A worthwhile read. https://www.nextplatform.com/2021/04/20/ibms-systems-business-awaits-the-red-hat-effect/

At present much of the GTS workforce is contractors. Best guess is they would be first to go once the split is complete and kyndryl is trying to get the ROI per person to look right?

AK's moonshot? https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/20/its-no-nba-top-shot-or-beeple-but-ibm-is-making-patent-nfts.html

Is there anyone else who thinks this should have happened a long time ago? How useful are they at all? Any thoughts? I absolutely agree with the person who said that IBM will need to be very resourceful if it wants to get rid of Power and Storage... — read more 

Any word on when those raises that were announced awhile ago are expected to hit? If you've gotten yours, hows it look? Peanuts or an actual reason to stay?

Remember analysts expectations and "beat" of such set lower targets mean nothing. Bottom line is that IBM had only 1% revenues growth vs a year's ago quarter, with one full year for AK's ascending to the CEO thrown. But the net earnings declined... — read more 

No more layoffs!

https://www.uni-europa.org/2021/04/No-Sunset-for-IBMers/

Why did they lowercase kyndryl in the logo?

WOW this case looks like got $11.1M before punitive damages from a fed jury. We had no recent cases going to trial as all seemed to be settled. But this case exposed the possible awards in a trial that with punitive damages could be 10s of millions... — read more 

what are peoples thought's - more financial engineering? I reckon a drop again - no growth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_IBM yes I know all the big guys acquire (e.g. there was a pre-Google YouTube) but IBM had a great habit of buying at/past prime..my history goes back to being a IBM sales rep... — read more 

IBM also lists Positive Technologies as a security partner, offering customers one of its scanning tools. IBM didn’t respond to requests for comment Thursday. https://apnews.com/dd8c331ff30d366ea4f5d828e788c307

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/milberg-wins-11-1-million-verdict-for-ibm-sales-manager-fired-after-reporting-bias-301270316.html Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman ("Milberg") received a $11.1 million verdict today on behalf of... — read more 

When will IBM sell Kyndryl and who do you think would buy it?

If you got one: When? Same Total Comp as IBM? Any extra incentives - signing bonus, new benefits, etc.? Thx for sharing.

There are few things I hate as much as somebody taking credit for my work. Two coworkers and I brought a long overdue project across the finish line just to see our boss tell his boss it was all his doing. Is there anything we can do in this... — read more 

Anyone hearing there’s a RA in US next Thursday April 22nd?

I’m 47 and have been working in GTS for past 22 years and currently there are voluntary redundancies been offered of 2 years salary...Should I take it? I’m just worried I won’t get another job after been out of the job market for so long. — read more 

Band 7, 2 YOE here Stressed, overworked, and it seems like executive leadership keep changing the direction every week. Is there any hope for a long term career here or should I just volunteer for the next RA?