Thread regarding IBM layoffs

@f2 holy sh-t. This is sad. Truly no longer an American company

This article speculates IBM USA headcount is even lower at 43k

https://www.kore1.com/ibm-layoffs-2026/

@bh I was laid off in November but will remain part of those Group Life numbers til 2027.

IBM is constantly acquiring new "employees" through acquisitions, massively increasing its debt. Given the huge numbers cut every year, this is like pouring water into the top of a very leaky bucket - and everyone pretends the bucket is half full when in reality it has already lost 50% of its volume. "It's not leaking - look it is half full!"

This is the real reason IBM only speaks to RAs as a proportion of total worldwide population, to hide how depleted its US numbers are. But hey keep refilling the funnel so let's pretend that Arvind hasn't already laid off nearly half the US population since 2022.

@aa really helpful data thank you. Which of us have the guts to post this on LinkedIn for 1,300,000,000 users (2,600,000,000) eyeballs? 95% of people have no idea the damage IBM has been doing since Gerstner came in 4-12-93 chasing cheap labor.

What happened to the disastrous plan tripling the hiring of new grads? Isn’t there a company wide hiring freeze?

Not sure where they're sourcing their data, but it was just updated in July 2026. So if it can be trusted at least to a decent degree of confidence, then the total amount of world-wide employees is 290,081 as of the end of 1Q26. By far the largest portion are in India with 115.1K. In second place is the United States with 59.2K. So in percentages, ~40% of the total are in India and ~20% are in the U.S.
Will have to watch this site for an update on the total for 2Q26.

https://www.reveliolabs.com/companies/ibm/employees

IBM is very quickly approaching getting bought lock stock and barrel due to the free cash flow for the “enterprise” side of the house and being wholly absorbed. Once absorbed, if you vendors the commodity work, and sold/partnered out everything but enterprise, the numbers are compelling

@ab wow if this is true and these numbers are accurate we are no longer an American company. Really the USA government should not be trusting us with sensitive work or projects.

For 2026 the number is approx 265k. We will not see 5500 data till next summer

USA = 45k
Europe/Africa = 40k
India = 130k
Asia = 25k
South America and Mexico = 25k

Remember that is a 2025 number, but yes that’s what I’m saying

USA 50k
India 135k
Europe/ Africa = 45k
South America and Mexico = 30k
Asia = 25k

Total = 285 k

Are you saying you think the IBM US population is approx. 50,000 people? Is IBM India between 150-200K and growing?