http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/us/laid-off-americans-required-to-zip-lips-on-way-out-grow-bolder.html?_r=0 "On April 20, about two dozen employees of EmblemHealth, a health insurer, protested outside its offices in Manhattan after the company... — read more 

I left in 2015, would someone be able to tell me if a link for downloading IBM W2 is available for non-employees. If yes, please post the link here or let me know who to call to request it.

Am I allowed to install non-corporate approved software on my machine? I am using TeamViewer to control my home automation via a computer installed at home and would like to have it installed but I am not sure if this would put me in some kind of... — read more 

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160603/NEWS07/160609925/mcdonalds-offers-buyouts-to-hundreds-of-headquarters-employees?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social Employees attended departmental meetings this week to... — read more 

I've been performing very well at work in the last 1+ years, and got recognized by my manager, 2nd line too. However, I wonder if I should talk to them about a raise given the current RA situation. People in my team, neighbor teams even some upper... — read more 

IBM Layoffs Continue as Transformation Rages On Reports of IBM layoffs of up to thousands of employees continue as the company seeks to transition to support cloud, analytics and cognitive workloads. As IBM goes about its efforts to transform itself... — read more 

Internal hiring is frozen. It takes an act of God to find a position inside once you are RA'd. Those RA'd are in an accounting column used to report reduced spending. All new hires are in a different accounting column. Anyone trying to change... — read more 

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibms-ceo-perfect-response-her-232232698.html

Let's assume I have vacation left and I want to leave mid year? Also, what happens if you take a years worth of vacation and leave mid year. Anyone?

http://www.cnet.com/news/ai-will-impact-everything-in-our-lives-in-five-years-says-ibm-ceo/ "But she did concede that smarter intelligence in computers will lead to some folks losing their jobs." That's not the only thing leading to some folks losing... — read more 

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3077302/it-careers/it-layoffs-at-insurance-firm-are-a-never-ending-funeral.html

http://seekingalpha.com/article/3978922-superinvestor-daily-berkshire-may-made-mistake-buying-ibm-ibm-made-much-bigger-one

Twice asked to train associates in India, I saw the axe, left before a major Resource Action (layoff). IBM is really good at saving pennies 50,000 times. There is no longer any executive management in the Dubuque site, where I worked, which is bold... — read more 

Sent to Watching IBM: "You can post this anonymously to the group. " Today I received my final checks in the mail from my manager. The checks did not include my Vacation accrual time of 6.5 days from the beginning of the year. I did not use any... — read more 

https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-IBM-RVW10746888.htm?utm_source=contentStatus&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=content-approved-review&utm_content=content-approved-review-review-link

http://www.fastcompany.com/3053695/the-future-of-work/where-former-google-apple-and-amazon-employees-want-to-work "IBM And Microsoft Employees' Next Move Both IBM and Microsoft employees would entertain a move if there was more stability than risk... — read more 

http://www.fastcompany.com/3059849/the-future-of-work/these-millennials-have-become-the-top-decision-makers-at-ibm "A look at how IBM's 5,000-strong 'Millennial Corps' is helping the company stay relevant." HA! Right. . . What they're really doing is... — read more 

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3032350/it-careers/hertz-cutting-it-jobs-as-its-shifts-to-ibm.html

http://www.nola.com/opinions/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2016/05/ibm_baton_rouge_layoffs.html

And for years you saw IBMer after IBMer let go. Did you join the union. No. Did you write your congressman. No. Did you think it would evenhappen to you. No. You worked for a greedy lying company that has betrayed the US citizens. Now you know it can... — read more 

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/inside-ibm-no-one-safe-fresh-round-job-cuts-hits-big-blue-1561781

Cringely's at it again, this time he's after Analytics Source: http://www.cringely.com/2016/05/23/the-problem-with-analytics The Problem With Analytics There is a difference between knowledge and understanding. Knowledge typically comes down to... — read more 

Yes, I do believe "Incontinent Business Machines" is the proper name going forward as IBM loves to dump it's employees and to dump on the employees and it's customers. Fact: Layoffs have left IBM accounts with little and in some cases, no system... — read more 

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/05/23/ding_ding_ibm_rings_bell_for_round_two_of_job_cuts_at_gts/

http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/23/technology/ibm-jobs/index.html?iid=hp-toplead-dom

http://valleypatriot.com/h-1b-foreign-workers-are-destroying-merrimack-valley-economy/

Aimless, scattered, hostile Pros There's only one benefit when working with IBM - work from home. And that makes it all worthwhile for many. Unfortunately, they know this, and hold you and your family hostage with low salary, no pay raises... — read more 

http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/19/technology/watson-conference-call/

http://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/2016/05/20/birth-defects-pollution-study-ibm-endicott-tce/84500904/

Back in 2012 or so, Oracle announced they were dropping HP Itanium support. I thought this would be a great opportunity for IBM to win some business by affirming IBM software had no plans to also drop Itanium support. To that end, and with the best... — read more 

I was dumped last summer. 63 yrs old... 20+ yrs of service... No 'real' pension ( lost that when the rules changed in 1999) nothing matters to them! Everyone let go in the past two decades were top performers. We gave our heart to the company. Age... — read more 

I just received a call today from my mother telling me that IBM laid off my father after 36 years of donating his blood sweat and tears to these scumbags. All they did to this poor man over time is screw him, and screw him some more. First they cut... — read more 

For those getting RA'd today, please read the Cringely article at http://www.cringely.com/2016/04/06/is-ibm-guilty-of-age-discrimination-part-2/ File an EEOC action. I think you can do it even if you signed the agreement, but take a stand and don't... — read more 

Please follow all IBM BCGs (Business Conduct Guidelines) and all IBM SCGs (Social Computing Guidelines), even if you are not an employee of the company. The IBM PR team will be enforcing these guidelines to ensure the postings have appropriate and... — read more 

Watching IBM is reporting that managers took training today on next round of layoffs. It will happen in the next couple of weeks. Anyone have details? Sent to Watching IBM: Hearing that managers had to take a course today for the next RA. This was in... — read more 

Employees to move to North Castle by March 2017

I am not happy where I'm at, either personally or professionally... (I think that) If I could solve either of these issues, the other would become tolerable. Here's a bit of background: I moved to a new location in the US after college and have been... — read more 

It's all a bunch of fraudulent marketing and financial engineering (the only kind of engineering going no at IBM today, sadly) http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2016/05/11/ibm-will-never-catch-amazon-microsoft-in-cloud-says-deutsche/

This is nuts boys... IBM Sues Ex-Sales Head (Cloud), Seeks $500K Global sales head Louis Attanasio accused of taking secrets. IBM filed a lawsuit on Monday accusing a long-time senior executive of stealing corporate secrets related to its cloud... — read more