MEETING WITH THE FIRST LADY, MELANIA TRUMP. AI INITIATIVE. Minute 5:08 - AK talks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjnBFBJkK10 "Top tech leaders including Google CEO Sundar Pichai, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, and Code.org President Cameron Wilson... — read more 

https://x.com/SouthAsiaIndex/status/1963927195715547432 "Just IN: President Trump considering a proposal to block US IT companies from outsourcing their work to Indian companies — a move that could wreck Indian IT sector & cost millions of jobs." — read more 

Should IBM change its direction with India after this past week we see India running shoulders with Russia?

3 month package, effective 30 days, US, not for performance reasons. Could you give me some advice?

Sounds like he was asked to leave or given incentive to go. https://hansdegoede.dreamwidth.org/30910.html

https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/ibm_cloud_basic_support_changes/ Shift to self-service will apparently improve support, presumably Big Blue's bottom line too Thu 4 Sep 2025 // 03:32 UTC IBM Cloud will update the services it provides under... — read more 

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-ARM-Changes-Red-Hat-QA

I am not sure how it is in your region, but we are disappointed that first time ever, we are receiving DELL laptops as a part of the refresh cycle instead of Lenovo. Maybe some in this forum folks have insights into what may be the reason.

See you in a month for the RA’s. So pathetically predictable. Debanding next. Then five days in office. Garbage human beings.

https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1s1fqkc

My question is this: What is happening with our IP? Why is this happening in a country that didn't come up with a single innovation in tech or science and for the size of its population only has 12-13 Nobel prizes (just a single measure of non... — read more 

Is TSS IBM GLOBAL SERVICE or whatever they are called these days. What is the plan for that?

Half our group is gone and the work never slowed down. We’re all scrambling to keep up, but there’s only so much we can cover. It's like IBM is intentionally trying to wear us down. I guess if we quit they don't have to pay us severance during the... — read more 

There would be more accountability. Ginny would have been tossed way before 2020. She was horrible. Declining revenues quarter after quarter. Alvind would probably have been shown the door as well. He is an awful leader, he is awful at... — read more 

I would not go back to IBM, no matter how good the pay or benefits are, because their RA tactics is fundamentally broken. It isn’t based on actual low performance in sales or delivery, nor is it aligned with long-term growth habits. Instead, it’s... — read more 

"IBM: AI Reality Remains Disappointing" (Seeking Alpha). GenAI Summary (because of paywall): IBM's much-hyped AI business is failing to generate significant revenue growth. The author, a self-described "ultra Bearish" investor, advises selling the... — read more 

https://www.thedailyupside.com/technology/semiconductors/ibm-and-amd-team-to-develop-quantum-centric-supercomputers/

Proof that there is life after IBM. Check this out Carla has a new job. She only lasted 11 months at IBM and now she is failing up! https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bigtime-software-adds-former-ibm-150000890.html

I went from plugging numbers on a spreadsheet to becoming a full stack developer I learned Granite as well as Watson X and Congos Why aren’t I getting a raise

Any info on the September layoffs?

Take a look at some of the other companies on here. Very few experience this level of disgust from their workers! I don’t even work for IBM but was thinking of applying for a position and this board has convinced me not to bother. Is it REALLY that... — read more 

If you’re not very actively looking you’re being a fool. They are going to find every conceivable way to push you out. Questioning your scope, doubting the need for headcount, pretending to not understand functions that have existed for years and are... — read more 

IBM will likely be sold off in pieces and what’s left, acquired, much like Digital Equipment Corporation and Sun Microsystems. Two once great companies with some brilliant people that had strategic plans that failed to pivot in time for the way the... — read more 

When will IBM get achieve a healthy revenue growth rate? It has been many years since we have had consistent impressive revenue growth. It seems executives are focused on cost cutting and acquisitions to achieve profitability and meager revenue... — read more 

Proposed Changes To H-1B Visa Lottery System The Trump administration plans to end or change the H-1B visa lottery, replacing random selection with a salary-based or weighted system. The Office of Management and Budget is reviewing the rule, which... — read more 

IBM Server Group -sent all US Level 1 and Level 2 Jobs to Cairo Egypt. IBM Finally got rid of the server hardware group in Atlanta. All jobs L1 and L2 are farmed out to Egypt.

Alvind reminds me of Jack Welch. Acquire companies and pay way too much , then reduce headcount due to overpaying . GE Went from making appliances to becoming a bloated financial services company then becoming a shell of its former self Alvind is... — read more 

https://www.infoworld.com/article/4041727/ibm-cant-afford-an-unreliable-cloud.html The article discussed "IBM Cloud experienced its fourth major outage since May," "These outages couldn’t come at a worse time for IBM. With healthcare, finance... — read more 

Did anyone else get PIP’d this week? I heard there’s a bunch of us.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/international-business-machines-corporation-ibm-is-down-too-much-says-jim-cramer/ar-AA1KT9s5

Flashback... apologies if you already saw it and for posting something a bit old(ish), but I just remembered this one... (FORTUNE MAGAZINE) https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyEBnomL1RP/ IBM’s CEO thinks AI can do his job. Well, some... — read more 

IBM Operatives Inside The Register https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/20/IBM_Operatives_Inside_The_Register_MS_and_More_Shady_Money_to_F.shtml

Have there been any layoffs in IBM's Government Consulting in the DC area?

I’ve been let go 27 weeks now. No interviews and no offers. I had one call back but with no decades long experience managing VMWare, that prescreen was over in 5 minutes.

A reporter asked a Marine. "Why are Marines so good at what they do?" The Marine replied, "Officers Eat Last." Yes, it is a common practice and a widely held belief in the Marine Corps that officers should eat last. This isn't a strict rule, but... — read more 

Work is not meant to be fun, it’s just how we pay the bills and support our families. I stopped expecting excitement and focus on the basics instead. Once you accept that, the stress about being unhappy at work drops a lot.

Here I am using WatsonAI internally for IBM AskHr. And, not once has it ever answered any of my questions. WatsonAI is the d-mbest AI on the planet. Period.

https://www.networkworld.com/article/4037965/ibm-cloud-hit-by-fourth-major-outage-since-may-as-authentication-failures-expose-systemic-issues.html Incompetence. Laziness. Hiring woke practices. Poor recruitment. Poor training. Viewing cloud as... — read more 

Alright then, we are now going to get marketing advice from IBM... because marketing fails because of "fragmented operations" now... (some study they did says) IBM Says that CMOs Must Fix What’s Beneath the Surface to Fully Unlock AI (...) "study... — read more 

The stock is still dropping like a brick through a plate glass window....so we must be winning.