A RA in progress. Folks notified today. Last day, just as it was reported before is 6/27...

Taken from Alliance, 2.5K Edu Assitance confirmed (someone had a Q on this): I had my call already today. Last day is June 27. 90 days notice, one month severance. IBM got forced into giving 90 days due to the size of this layoff and thereby tripping... — read more 

I am on Watson team, I was just RA'd. I am over 55. FIts the bill, does not it...

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Pretty much the same as other folks noted before... Have a chance to find a job, if unable, I am gone in June. I am also in Tech Sales... 4 years here, I am in US (So Cal).

https://twitter.com/TheLayoff/status/979422658386448385

I know this round will hit my group but we have not heard anything yet. Does this sometimes go on for more than one day?

can we please post here if any of us hear something about layoffs just to determine a rough estimate of how many have been laid off today? from what i'm reading, its not just tech sales that's being hit, its also support, which makes me think this... — read more 

My time has come. After 22 years here I am scheduled to leave in June. I am in Hybrid Cloud Sales, US based, already had a call today and was given 90 days to look for a replacement job, I will not be doing it - do not wanto to go thru the same game... — read more 

Just wondering, are there layoffs happening today in Tech Sales or was somebody just determined to cause fear for no reason with all the posts yesterday? Usually if there are layoffs we get people reporting immediately on the day when it's happening... — read more 

We know about Tech Sales, anybody else get any news yet? Can you post it here?

A dim future. https://investorplace.com/2018/03/ibm-stock-still-overvalued/

I worked in tech sales for a different company, which I won't mention and it's not important anyway. Got laid off a year ago and at the time I assumed there were loads of jobs and I would be working in no time. Well, reality check, no, there aren't... — read more 

This was just posted on Watching IBM and is quite believable. Please keep this anonymous. Many of us in the Technical sales arena are getting our walking papers on Thursday, March 29, 2018 with a 90 day notice period. When the manager’s call was... — read more 

More Cfius follow-up (see original post at: https://www.thelayoff.com/t/ScoZBit) Hopefully this bill gets signed into law. https://www.wsj.com/articles/tech-export-review-is-completely-inadequate-1522005757 Despite the national security... — read more 

(yes, that's sarcasm) With all of the talk about that age discrimination article, news about more layoffs, and everything generally going to hell lately, it's really exciting to work at IBM right now. Only, I could really use some less excitement... — read more 

IBM is to lay off more than one in 10 workers across the UK Technology Support Services (TSS) division, with insiders telling us that some areas will be hit so severely that clients will inevitably feel the pinch. . . . Notes from the TSS Employee... — read more 

Can anyone who has been part of a recent RA (preferably in US since laws vary) say what exactly is in the package? I know it's one month severance. Is the $2,500 education/retraining allowance in there? Do you get your regular health care until the... — read more 

Indian IT firms use IBM churn and burn model to layoff 150000 IT workers above age 40. This methid wa adopted by IBM from another indian company named Tech mahindra (a mahindra and mahindra group company #M&M) in 2009 -2010 to layoff 25000 employees... — read more 

Another one brilliantly bungled! IBM was originally hired to manage and implement a large-scale £55m technology upgrade. But “reckless” IBM paid no heed to its procedures and made a mockery of deadlines, leading to substantial delays to the project... — read more 

End of the quarter will be the date for layoffs. Say March 28th. This like clock work. Has anybody heard more about this? Any truth to it? I wouldn't be surprised to find this to be true, at least based on several previous layoffs. The end of the... — read more 

A few US managers that are normally very talkative/open about pending/planned RAs are now radio silent, no response at all. That feels a bit ominous. Maybe there was a meeting at Think or via conf call and everyone was called on the carpet about... — read more 

Don't waste your time looking for alternate jobs within IBM. You're blacklisted and this smokescreen is merely IBM paying lip service to UK/EU employment law. Also, don't be surprised when most of your IBM "friends" abandon you like you've contracted... — read more 

Apparently, IBM is one of the five companies who have had a rather miserable week due to the report that came out earlier and has spread like wildfire since then. All I can say to it right now - good. Hopefully something will actually come out of... — read more 

IBM India is now the off shore part of IBM services. It will soon be spun off or sold off for stock. Think the old CFO of IBM has his eyes on the new companies CEO position??? IBM is currently in the process of finalizing the right sizing of “high... — read more 

Did you know that IBM is the premier provider of Multivendor Software Support Services? Yes! For the last 20 years, IBM has been providing world class Linux Subscription and Linux and Microsoft SupportLine services! Now, IBM has expanded our offering... — read more 

Finally!!! If you look up IBM and age discrimination, there are hundreds of links now on different websites that cite the original investigative article that uncovered (as much as you can uncover something that is known to pretty much everybody) what... — read more 

Have any of you checked out the Honeywell layoff board? As bad or worse than IBM. We need to band together and expose these horrible companies. The (bad) joke at Honeywell for years has been if you make it to 55 you’re lucky. Because after 50 you... — read more 

The ProPublica article about age discrimination seem to be attracting enough attention that now there's a follow up on how the writers started investigating IBM in the first place. It looks like getting together and doing something might actually... — read more 

300 + GTS layoffs, told to look for other roles with in GBS/Security or be told your redundant on 6th april and work 3 months notice

Welp, Think has come and gone, along with various theories about when this RA will happen. I'm one of those who knows for sure it's going to happen, due to off the record conversations with a reliable manager, and being told that I'm on the list. One... — read more 

https://go.forrester.com/blogs/ibm-channel-executives-are-frustrated-with-the-pace-of-partners-transformation/

Now, let that sink in... #AgeDiscrimination

So after reading the article, it got me to thinking. In the accompanying piece, ProPublica talked about multiple sources including those that had not been quoted in the story. Which brings me to my potential theory and a question. Why would... — read more 

Relatively speaking, what are some of the "better" product development teams at IBM to be on? Please be objective.

Just curious, for everyone who complains about IBM, what teams are/were you on? Does anyone working within Watson as a Developer complain? What about working with some of the newest releases/products at IBM? Just curious.

Intersting read from Probublica: https://features.propublica.org/ibm/ibm-age-discrimination-american-workers/

About 10% of IBM US non-executive employees are still on the old retirement plan - the one that gives them a pension. IBM could cut down its headcount and save a lot of grief and stress by offering an exit package to these employees. Not a... — read more 

Pay slipped for about a quarter of CEOs in the Journal’s latest analysis, in some cases significantly. It fell by 43% for Ms. Rometty of International Business Machines Corp. , to $18.6 million. AT&T Inc. chief Randall Stephenson’s pay rose just 1%... — read more 

New frontiers, new collars: The 106-year-old tech giant continues to shift away from its legacy hardware and IT services business lines in favor of cloud computing, A.I. and corporate cybersecurity offerings. To staff up in these high-growth areas... — read more