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 

Chew on this - Tech has become blue collar, and IBM is leading the way (there other usual suspects here but I'll stick with us only). Those who will work longer and for less will get the jobs. That's corporate responsibility in an age where... — read more 

I’ve just overwhelmed by the way IBMS Have know Knowledge of the upcoming IRAs I was sitting in a restaurant overheard a female manager for analytics talking about Who will bee on the List. But what the heck right we are in Vegas parting it up... — read more 

How is the conference going? Only factual postings from people who are actually there please.

I'm using UPS MyChoice to be alerted to any incoming shipments to my home address. I see one that's due to be delivered Friday between 2:15pm and 6:15pm from IMCFS-MIRA LOMA. Can anyone that's received an RA package say what it looked like if they... — read more 

I am in technical sales, 9 years with IBM. I’ve been notified on Friday. Some other folks were cut too. It’s not a big RA in my group as pretty much everyone got axed in 2016 and 2017. I kind of knew it was coming and I was ready when my manager... — read more 

So the latest hoopla… There is a ton of talk about the % number RA cut that’s about to hit sales (specifically US based sales folks). I’ve got internal info from an exec and a VP that they are targeting about 30%, but the cuts will be gradual – the... — read more 

It’s just makes me think how IBM pays the FLM To attend the think conference in Las Vegas but instead of going to any sessions they hang out in the casino restaurants bars as I sit here and watch them all now I understand how IBM fails with their... — read more 

It is amazing how quickly a laid off person becomes nonexistent. No one will contact you to see how you are doing. None of your so-called friends and coworkers will mention your name. A manager in my group joked about all the empty offices being... — read more 

https://m.timesofindia.com/business/international-business/top-h-1b-visa-sponsors-staff-allege-poor-treatment-by-indians/amp_articleshow/63362732.cms

I'm not really sure if something is happening or not, but there are plenty of indicators to make me very nervous about the coming week. We have had enough of false alarms lately, so I'm trying not to get too worked up about it before knowing for... — read more 

Weak innovation. Weak execution. Low morale among the deployable / billable skills. Folks do not believe IBM's vision includes their future. Leadership is a mirage ..... Weak board .... Smells like GE. Break it into relevant units, spin off the... — read more 

Looks like the person who kept posting here saying this big 'spring' RA would occur the week after the Think conference (March 19-22) may have been right. Two layers of management said it was to be this past week, I know that for sure. Neither of... — read more 

Over the stressful years of IBM RA reign of terror over employees, I've put together a checklist of questions to ask and things to do "when the call comes". Some is from the list on the old alliance site. We may think we already know the answers, but... — read more 

In order to circumvent Cfius review and exploit the export-control system, China lures U.S. companies into disadvantageous joint ventures on Chinese soil with promises of access to the opaque Chinese marketplace. Through these arrangements and due to... — read more 

I know that this page and Watching IBM are both reporting cuts of sales folks - I can tell you that I am yet to hear about a single person who got cut here in So Cal. I may be off and there may be things that will transpire on Thur and Fri, but I am... — read more 

https://twitter.com/TheLayoff/status/974050296975515649

https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveandriole/2018/03/13/ibms-way-out-sell-itself/

Talent and Collaboration Solutions Unit has announced a voluntary separation plan last week. The goal is to have about 30% reduction in Sales and Technical areas – and you all know how this will play out. Since they will not be able to hit 30% (I’d... — read more 

What should I do? My manager plays a lot of #politics with the team and plays the divide and rule card perfectly. The team's morale is low and many in the team are of the opinion that the manager favors some and plays politics. I joined this team... — read more 

We know people are being laid off today, do we have any more info on which departments are being hit and how many people are affected? Can people post here please if they have any info?

Standard 2+4 package. Last day 3/30

Ginni just sent an internal blast with IBM's new slogan "Let's Put Smart to Work" with a big picture of a set of pipelines. How stupid. They're getting ready to pitch this to investors and at the big Think conference next week. This fits the logic... — read more 

RA this week and out by the last day of March with one month severance. You can take that to the bank. It's the same deal the folks who got RA'd in the US last month got. I seriously doubt IBM is going to become more generous. I just saw some info on... — read more 

Probably Tech Sales who commented that missing sales quotas is the reason why they should not be laid off. Wow, with that kind of stupidity at IBM, it's no wonder the ship is sinking fast. You see, where I come from, when sales misses targets, they... — read more 

Cognitive: 30 day consultancy, pre-sales technical area… 100 to be RA’d – The deadline for Statutory Min Package was today at 5 PM GMT… One week per year of tenure – the cap is about £500… Cloud tech pre-sales are getting a 45 day employee... — read more 

Please chime in if you have details. I am hearing that here (US) non-sales IBMers who are going to be RA’d will be getting a 2 week notice and only 30 days severance instead of the standard 90 days with 30 days severance? Is this something that you... — read more 

If you think you all will be OK for Tech Sales you are gravely mistaken. We are moving “FULL SPEED” towards a self-service model and all indications confirm that, very soon, we’ll be selling just like Amazon or Google… We are ramping up all efforts... — read more 

Based on a post just now on Watching IBM on Facebook, there are all-hands calls in UK on Weds (Cognitive) and Fri (Cloud) in the sales/tech sales groups and there will be very big cuts made. I'm still betting for the US the axe will come down on Weds... — read more 

Should I worry here? I had a Checkpoint review with my manager, we agreed that my Business Results should be rated as EXCEEDS (the others rated as ACHIEVES) and that's what my manager submitted at the end of the interview. Then I have seen several... — read more 

ANOTHER COMPANY BEING refashioned in this way is IBM. Last Thursday, instead of its regular meeting with Wall Street analysts in a hotel, the company held a webcast with CFO James Kavanaugh and CEO Ginni Rometty. There were no new financial... — read more 

Even some bulls are scratching their heads, though, about the fact that there’s no time frame for growth rates. Kavanaugh, in a phone conversation, intimated that avoiding explicit targets was somewhat by design. "Our goal was to make sure people... — read more 

Hearing from various sources across some areas at "worker bee" level that there's two RA's targeted for 2018: one in spring and one in autumn, with the spring one to cull 65% of the targeted resources and the autumn one to cull the remaining 35%. No... — read more 

I was laid off in the 2/13/2018 round and my last day was 2/28/2018. I was an award winning Cloud Seller with almost 20 years and just turned 50. Although multiple IBM Executives; including Exec VP, VP's, WW GM, Managing Director and Client... — read more 

So, if I am laid off, does it mean I lose my medical coverage immediately? AT the end of the month? Once I receive severance? Been trying to find an answer to this, but so far I have had no luck. I'm not all that scared of being laid off, but losing... — read more 

IBM is offering a voluntary program to those 55 and older with 5 years or more of service to quit and get a package. Seems like the uptake is not that great as the packages (varying depending on role, band, etc) are not that attractive.

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3337659-ibm-releases-longer-term-outlook (Link to full report: https://seekingalpha.com/filing/3927792) Mar. 8, 2018 11:33 AM ET | By: Brandy Betz, SA News Editor IBM’s (NYSE:IBM) investor briefing includes a longer-term... — read more 

I'm usually a skeptic but normally close-mouthed people are openly saying a big RA is imminent.

I've been reading about many layoffs that have taken place at IBM lately and I've noticed that majority of those laid off are older workers who have been with the company the longest. Yet, when I try to talk to my father about it, he keeps saying... — read more 

Tossed-out on yet another one! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-01/canada-to-scrap-ibm-payroll-plan-gone-awry-costing-c-1-billion