Remember when there was that huge expose some years ago about age discrimination at IBM that resulted in firings of the leadership team that orchestrated it, a rewriting of all relevant policies, and return to work of people who have been affected by... — read more 

With segment 1 and 2, what happens to the software FLMs? Believe we have more FLMs than available spots for segment 1 and 2.. anyone know if they are being RAed?

"Channel leak" may refer to margins But the true leak is the loss of Relationship Selling and Direct Partnership. When a deal is non strategic and strictly cost effect, clients will buy from the BPs and in best case from Marketplace. This is called a... — read more 

For those who say IBM needs fresh blood… Guess what, they're already here. How’s that working out? These are Krishna’s "Not IBM Lifers" reports: Howard Boville BoA Jim Whitehurst RedHat Mark Foster Accenture John Granger PWC Bob Lord... — read more 

When I do a search for the term "Garage Model Methodology" I either get etsy garage models, or IBM sites. It seems IBM is creating a new term to sell to their clients, but I'm probably wrong.

Enough with the Ra Ra sis Boom bah cheerleader bs. Just tell me when I get RAed/layedoff.

Sounds like All the client executives are gone.. except for those covering 500 segment 1 clients..

I missed AKs Town Hall meeting. Anyone have a good summary of what he said, or "didn't" say?

In 2021, our company is taking even bolder steps against the three sales priorities to position IBM as the partner of choice for our clients in their journey to open hybrid cloud and AI - across all business units, industries, Geographies and... — read more 

Behind all the all hands calls, announcements, WW leadership changes, what really changed?!!! can’t tell.. we know RA is coming.

When can we expect the annual Q1 culling?

AK you better move faster https://seekingalpha.com/article/4397172-quit-wasting-your-time-ibm

Not only does IBM use AI (Watson) for amazing things, IBM pioneered many of the “future of work” practices we all dream about. • IBM pioneered agile performance management over a decade ago and crowd-sourced the ongoing design, • IBM uses... — read more 

Escalating costs on hybrid cloud platform amid intensifying competition in the cloud vertical from the dominant players like AWS, Azure and Google Cloud pose a major headwind. Also, increasing debt levels amid extensive restructuring... — read more 

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3648144-ibm-credit-enters-3b-receivables-purchase-agreement-banco-santander

So they ra people of perth Australia. And advertise the same roles but in India 😤

I decided to get out of here as soon as possible and am already seriously looking at some other options because this company is not exactly the way I imagined it when I applied for a job in the first place. Here I came across divided opinions about... — read more 

The IBM vessel has many holes in it But the Summit Program is the anchor that will pull the ship down!!!

Here are the average (+/- 5% deviation might exist) salaries by Band:- 4 & 5's = $50K 6 & 7'S = 60-80K 8's= 100-120K 9's = 140K 10'S = 150-170K D's = 220 - 250K Base + 30K stock vesting in 2-3 yrs C's = 280-310K Base + 40K stock vesting in 2-3... — read more 

Let's see what this breakdown looks like after the inception of NewCo, as well as what the breakdown is for NewCo itself. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ownership-structure-international-business-machines-083820376.html

IBM shares are down roughly 7% in 2020, lagging far behind not just the tech sector, but also the broader market. The S&P 500 is up 15% for the year. The clock is ticking on AK's tenure. By: Eric J. Savitz, Dec. 28, 2020 9:43 am... — read more 

Sayonara, sweetheart! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ever-onward-my-farewell-ibmers-ginni-rometty/

According to a recent survey, IBM is a clear leader over Cisco and Oracle in a category that has only recently hit the radar screen. Only half of IBM employees are anxious about getting fired. A much higher percentage of employees at Cisco and... — read more 

Every time we discuss the overpaid deadwood clogging the ranks of IBM, somebody will always complain about Band 10s, usually lumping them in with management. I always wonder, what is the reason? What do people think Band 10s do? Sure, there are a few... — read more 

"At IBM we have a culture of perpetual transformation”, Chairman of IBM Europe Martin Jetter said. “We have continuously reinvented ourselves for more than 100 years, not many companies can say that”. He added that “we are at a turning point and I am... — read more 

Of all the known companies in usa, is ibm the worse paying? for the worker bees ofcourse. Everytime I see salary info online or ask some friends in tech industry my pay seems to be the worst. Not even comparing to FAANG pay and successful startups... — read more 

I was happy when I joined and excited about all the possibilities the future had to offer. That feeling held on for a few months, half a year at the most. Now I'm miserable and the only future I dream of is away from this place. What a difference two... — read more 

Wasting millions again due to a botched deal. If AK wants suggestions on how to save money, how about stop botching deals like this. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fcc-ibm/ibm-will-pay-24-25-million-to-resolve-fcc-probes-idUSKBN28X2CJ — read more 

The survey found that 62% of Cisco employees said that “yes, I am constantly anxious” about getting fired, which was just ahead of the 55% of Oracle employees with the same response. Half of IBM employees said they had the same... — read more 

I’m gonna say...none. There’s really no area of ibm that is ACTUALLY GROWING. Our sales people are shuffled around constantly and can’t make long term strategic deals, our products change or rather rebrand everyday, we then have too many generalists... — read more 

The scores of big-name executives he represented included Louis Gerstner (at RJR Nabisco Holdings Inc. and International Business Machines Corp.), George Fisher (Eastman Kodak Co.) and John Sculley (Apple Computer Inc.). The... — read more 

This year is finally coming to an end, I hope next year will be better for all of us. At one point I was scared of being laid off, but it didn’t happen, however, in the meantime I realized that in 2021 I want to leave the company for my own private... — read more 

I left in 2017 as the talks about older folks discriminaton was heating up. then, IBM seemed to be interested in changing the tune and making things work for older folks as well. How are things nowadays?

For my European colleagues have a look at the last status from extraordinary meeting EWC on 18-12-2020. You can find it on the intranet.

Allow me to summarize: "We are looking for folks that will work cheap and whose ceilings will remain low because they don't have college... — read more 

Wake up IBM Defund and dismantle Digital Sales immediately. With Covid there will be no traditional office environments for at least another year. Your Industry and Geo Sellers are basically Digital Sellers now. Digital is a total overlay and a... — read more 

The question really is can IBM exploit their monopoly power to raise profits faster than the cloud goes completely commodity. Newco needs a major haircut to compete. IBM is in the process of cutting (just look at Europe) IBM will continue down that... — read more 

There are layoffs going on now - client execs, digital sales, and hearing tech sales next, as IBM expect the sellers to pickup doing demos and the technical parts with the customers, on the FULL portfolio!! – the inmates have taken over the... — read more 

Mainframe and some Red Hat? What else?

IBM snaps up Finnish cloud firm Nordcloud as battle with AWS, Microsoft and Google heats up IBM said the acquisition will “turbocharge” its hybrid cloud consulting ability. IBM announced Monday that it has acquired Finnish cloud consulting... — read more