https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-25/ibm-planning-about-10-000-job-cuts-in-europe-ahead-of-unit-sale
IBM fires dozens of employees in Israel office
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3875957,00.html
Report: IBM lines up 10K job cuts across Europe
"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... — read more
10,000 heads to go in europe
Bloomberg TV reported that 10,000 heads to go in europe about 20% of work force ... said people close to matter is there source.
Layoffs this week
"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
Cognitive Beer
Instead of curing cancer, here's the moonshot they should've promoted for Watson: https://www.ibm.com/employment/ciceurope/nl-en/pages/showcase
News on Job Cuts in GTS France
https://www.facebook.com/alliancemember/posts/1867768776694431
Move ibm to newco
Thinking about moving to newco. Pros and cons - go guys!
Joining a startup
Would any of you risk quitting your somewhat safe job if you got a really good offer (a decent pay increase included) from a startup? Usually it would be a dream come true for me, but at this very moment it seems like an unnecessary risk I should not... — read more
GTS to IBM Move
Is it possible to move from GTS (newco) to IBM nowadays?
IBM Layoffs 2021
Do you predict that there will be IBM Layoffs 2021? Any news or rumors?
NewCo/Seniority
Seniority NEVER meant anything to IBM Management except that the Older and Higher Paid were the most likely employees to be Resourced. One other point to think about is when IBM created TSS back in the 1990's and EVERYONE that was moved to TSS had... — read more
WRAL Report
https://www.wraltechwire.com/2020/11/20/ibm-is-moving-to-cut-thousands-of-jobs-reports-and-workers-say/
IBM plans to axe 8,000 jobs across Europe
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4023714/ibm-plans-axe-jobs-europe
UK in firing line as IBM prepares for more job cuts
IBM is set to cull its workforce in Europe, with the UK braced to take a chunk of the cuts. A source told CRN's sister title Channel Partner Insight (CPI) that Big... https://www.channelweb.co.uk/news/4023640/uk-firing-line-ibm-prepares-job-cuts — read more
How pandemic unemployment could end older workers' careers
IBM has maintained that age plays no role in employment actions. But, in August, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission determined that the... — read more
IBM Announces New Collar Apprenticeship Accelerator for IBM Z
Coupled with IBM's apprenticeship model serving to establish foundational knowledge, clients and new apprentices can gain the benefit of Franklin... https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-announces-collar-apprenticeship-accelerator-110000228.html — read more
New IBM CEO sent President-elect Biden a letter. Here’s why he wrote it
(Tried to post this as a comment on this @OP+17RElUy7 post but curiously, that post has already been archived). https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/11/ibm-ceo-sent-president-elect-biden-a-letter-heres-why-he-wrote-it.html
Year end RA
Timing? Coverage? When will we be notified
Ginny on CNBC "Income Inequality" Forum - Biggest Joke of 2020!
The Queen of Failure who made almost half a Billion in her tenure at IBM, sinking it faster than the Titanic was the keynote speaker on Income Inequality and how we can change that! The level of absurdity has reached peak levels , not seen since our... — read more
IBM management is out of touch with IBM
Every time I attend a meeting with higher ups in IBM from all the different divisions I supposedly part of, I get the impression that the higher ups at every level is out of touch with the people in IBM that actually do any of the work.
Everybody in cloud should watch their backs
All these acquisitions can't bode well for their employment prospects...
Instana
“IBM's acquisition of Instana is yet another important step that we are taking to provide companies with the most complete portfolio of AI-automated solutions to... https://www.cfo.com/the-cloud/2020/11/ibm-to-buy-software-company-instana/
Fixing our image
*Sorry it’s impacted you personally as I wouldn’t wish layoffs on anyone, but it’s high time IBM get a proper marketing firm to take over. Nothing done by the current team has helped improve our perception in the market. Shame that like many... — read more
How many IBMers are drinking right now?
Come on, working from home, Covid, plus perpetually waiting for the next layoff most IBMers are drinking during the work day.
IBM Acquire new company
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ibm-to-acquire-instana-as-company-continues-to-advance-its-hybrid-cloud-and-ai-strategy-301175647.html Any thoughts ? Second acquisition this week
IBM's strategy
Coming out of forced retirement to ask, has IBM managed to lay off its way to profitability? That seems to be the only consistent strategy this leadership has been able to think of and implement in the past ten years, so I'm really curious if it's... — read more
Future of c&c
Heard RA is impacting c&c too, hybrid cloud, data, security, what’s gtm model look like next year for software. Back to geo based portfolio based?? Any insights??
IBM is slowly self destructing and sinking.
Like the man who uses his house for wood to heat his house, IBM seems to be eating itself to keep itself alive. This cartoon below is so on target about IBM and its precarious predicament. IBM is so out of position for the new world of cloud and so... — read more
Marketing Is Affected
May be as large as 20-30%. I was informed this morning that I am affected.
Media: Should your layoff become your retirement?
Having a process in place to make that decision will help you make one in line with your financial goals.... https://www.twincities.com/2020/11/14/your-money-should-your-layoff-become-your-retirement/
RA this week
My manager told me today that there’s an RA that will come out soon in news. Any one have any insight on which BUs?
Most IBM employees are just waiting for the next Resource Action (layoff)
Is it just me or are most IBM employees just dogging it until they get laid off? I know I am.
IBM’s future
IBM is showing you their future endeavors Enterprise engagements Everything else goes https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-acquire-sap-consulting-partner-130000863.html
Helping IBMers find a job
I recently interviewed for a job for which I was very well qualified. There were multiple interviewers, and one of them happened to be an ex IBM employee. This person clearly had a beef with IBM. Obviously, she had been laid off in the past. Her body... — read more
Nothing Can Help IBM Dig Out of Its Problems
https://247wallst.com/technology-3/2020/11/10/nothing-can-help-ibm-dig-out-of-its-problems/
Digital sales
Future of digital sales?? Cover more enterprise accounts(remove more field sellers - everyone is digital now) or move more business to ecosystem business partners? We see this coming from WW C&C GM.