IBM recently announced a plan that will force nearly all of its US Marketing workforce to relocate to one of 5 cities in the US where they will be required to work from IBM offices. The workers will no longer be able to work remote from home offices.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/02/07/ibm-employees-anti-trump-petition-growing/97609426/ SAN FRANCISCO — Some IBM workers aren't thrilled with CEO Ginni Rometty's advisory role with the Trump Administration, and they want it to... — read more 

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/08/ibm_no_more_telecommuting/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2017-01-23/ibm-touting-hypocritical-hiring-plans

Laid off on Dec 31, 2015 received severance pay in 2016 - I have not received my W2 for 2016 wages from IBM - anyone know when i should expect to receive or who to call ? Thank you!

Accounts are at an all time low and if clients still around just. Barley hanging by a thread (service repatriation) Wages are Too high in most provinces so they shift to one (NBrunswick) because of their recently negotiated tax incentives; all Other... — read more 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-06/ibm-grants-rometty-record-bonus-for-2016-after-shares-recover?cmpid=yhoo.headline

https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/02/04/will-donald-trump-target-share-buybacks-next.aspx "IBM's (NYSE:IBM) recent misadventures perhaps best illustrate the folly of buybacks. After outlining a goal in 2010 of reaching $20 in earnings per share... — read more 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-why-tech-concerned-changes-h1b-visa-bsi-20170201-story.html This paragraph caught my eye Trump needs to kick Ginni out of the meeting of how to create jobs The top H-1B sponsor in the country for... — read more 

We'll see what shakes-out after this meeting. . . {Quoting entire article for ease of reference}. https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-to-meet-with-j-p-morgans-dimon-other-ceos-on-friday-1485974001 WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump will meet... — read more 

http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/31/technology/india-h1b-visa-trump-tech-companies/ Amid the hue and cry over President Trump's travel ban, news of another potential change to American immigration rules has set off a panic attack in India's tech... — read more 

Please listen carefully to the entire painfully slow recitation of our menu options as they are generated at random. If you would like to talk to a qualified IBM technical support representative then please contact your local unemployment office... — read more 

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Here's the Top Ten things you should do if you think you might get laid off this round...and if you are sure that you won't be laid off, just keep dreaming. 10...Take home your personal items. Sure they will let you pack them up or they'll do it for... — read more 

This is what happens when you replace your skilled employees with unskilled cheap labor, IBM. What comes around goes around. More extended outages in IBM's cloud platform. No wonder they're about to move to 4th place behind the surging Google. IBM... — read more 

Just look at the chart, says it all. http://wolfstreet.com/2017/01/23/big-shrink-to-hire-25000-in-the-us-as-layoffs-pile-up/

I've been with the IBM Digital Business Group for a year now - I am, as of last Fall 100% remote, I know many who have the same arraignment. Anyhow, last week I was contacted by my manager and explicitly told that I have 30 days to move to a... — read more 

I was around when IBM reduced offices and sent everyone to work from home. Now their sending everyone back into offices, but this time, to only a handful of cities. 10's of thousands of U.S. workers who cannot move, or will not move, will be... — read more 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-23/ibm-touts-trump-pleasing-hiring-plans-while-firing-thousands Hypocrisy at it's finest!

[Quoting entire article below link for ease of reference]. http://www.wsj.com/articles/indian-outsourcing-firms-fear-curbs-on-h-1b-visa-workers-under-trump-1484820031 NEW DELHI—President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t take office in Washington until... — read more 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2017/01/20/4-reasons-warren-buffett-should-sell-ibm/#43f80df91e48 Lack of market leadership IBM has been shrinking in a growing market. After all, IDC reports that corporate IT spending is rising at a 3,3%... — read more 

Nineteen straight quarters of declining revenue? What company EVER has absorbed that without making a change? Many of us were let go due to stupid decisions and knee jerk reactions by this management. They throw out keywords and initiatives without... — read more 

And it begins. . . http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20161230/p2a/00m/0na/005000c "Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co. is planning to slash nearly 30 percent of its payment assessment department's human staff after it introduces an artificial... — read more 

Ms. Rometty acknowledged some jobs will become obsolete because of AI. History, though, has demonstrated that technological breakthroughs lead to new employment opportunities, she said. “There’s so much fear about jobs,” she said. “But most of us... — read more 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/justices-will-weigh-limits-on-worker-rights-to-sue-employers/2017/01/13/13df5fee-d9ca-11e6-a0e6-d502d6751bc8_story.html?utm_term=.e61c58144d3b

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cbi-files-fir-in-rs-225-crore-air-india-software-procurement-scam/articleshow/56521504.cms?utm_source=toiiphoneapp&utm_medium=Sms&utm_campaign=show NEW DELHI: The CBI has registered a case against unknown... — read more 

Most of our group was let go yesterday as well. This is less than two years after being outsourced to IBM. We are being replaced with contractors for onsite support. When we were outsourced our group was either given a one year offer with a severance... — read more 

What a farce that Ginny is claiming to bring 25,000 jobs to the U.S. That number is directly correlated to the loss of professional IBMers that have A. been let go due to a 'skills transformation' that they went through in 2016, B. the... — read more 

Remember to sign up for the Trade Adjustment Act even if you do not want to use it. You may have co-workers who will find it helpful. https://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/2015_amend_benfits.cfm

Major IBM Layoffs happening today (Jan 5th) for US GTS division workers. Totals unknown, but I am one of them...What a shame this company has become and will continue to be. Was told my job was being moved to India, yet Ginni just sat in Trumps panel... — read more 

http://protectusworkers.org/letter-to-president-elect-trump-and-ginni-rometty-ceo-of-ibm-from-a-former-ibmer/ Please read the words of an American victim who is not happy about President Elect Trump’s choice to consult with IBM CEO, Ginni Rometty.

https://www.coworker.org/petitions/ibmers-to-donald-trump-do-not-trust-ibm Do not work with or help IBM on anything. IBM cannot be trusted. If you believe anything that IBM or any of its employees says, you will be sorry. Why is this important? This... — read more 

http://finance.yahoo.com/video/ibm-offshoring-144718149.html Donald Trump has made very public efforts to shame and threaten companies that ship American jobs overseas. It turns out that one of the companies that aggressively offshores jobs is... — read more 

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-is-missing-the-biggest-offshoring-companies-150924712.html "Such filings indicate that at least 450 IBM workers have lost their jobs since the beginning of 2015 because the company moved the work overseas. But the... — read more 

Please post anonymously: 60 Minutes is doing a story to air in January. I was 1 of 6 flown to NY to be interviewed. It's about IBM & others sending US jobs over seas & the work S B is doing. They said they would tell us exact date, I will share when... — read more 

Any IBMers that want to sign this petition to Ginni Rometty please see this link: https://theintercept.com/2016/12/19/ibm-employees-launch-petition-protesting-cooperation-with-donald-trump/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2016/12/13/we-need-fill-new-collar-jobs-employers-demand-ibms-rometty/95382248/

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ibm-plans-to-hire-25000-workers-over-next-four-years-2016-12-13 Geeee. . .I wonder where the majority of these new hires will be based? And I also wonder how many RA's are triggered by these 25K new hires?

Word on the street is that the execs are waiting to take stock as far as how many people leave after becoming eligible for the yearly 401k match on Dec 15, and as a result of the forced relocation policy, and will then decide how many to axe as part... — read more