I applied for a UK Up2Grad role after spending 2014/15 working for IBM (loved it), and got to the role matching within the business stage in ~October 2015. Not long after that, the whole hiring freeze business starts, and my application has been on... — read more 

It's not all that dismal as posters here want you to believe. There's lots of large projects going on at IBM at any time, and most are quickly announced. Watson, Blockchain, OpenWhisk, and Bluemix are all large publicly known initiatives going on... — read more 

Cuts will be hitting the seriously underperforming, bug laden, dissatisfied customer area of Software group very soon.

IBM had massive, world-wide outages in their cloud platform on April 28 and 29. Both were unrelated to each other. They were screwups of simple things like DNS and network config. The failover config that is supposed to provide high availability and... — read more 

I'm an RA'd employee (March 2) residing in California, from the Sandy Carter/Robert LaBlanc failed experiment known as "IBM Cloud Ecosystem Development". What a joke. My manager informed me by email on 5/2 that I MUST take my 8.5 accrued days of... — read more 

One chart tells you all...

I'm in middleware/software, but on the cloud side of that (getting the legacy products to SaaS). There has definitely been a change over the last year, and more so every month really. Everything just seems to be in decline. There used to be a lot of... — read more 

I'm in Cloud, so maybe it's specific to our org, but does anyone else think something very weird is going on? The clarity in strategy and direction this year has been especially confusing and incoherent, in my opinion. This is really bad, I know... — read more 

Been looking for some extra income - there are some opportunities on Upwork or externally (one of them would make me a contractor for Microsoft)... Anyhow, does that conflict with our IBM contract as a salaried employee? It's not coding or anything... — read more 

For reference, just register (it's free) & then stay tuned to this site -- http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/IBM/focus

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-05-03/are-tech-giants-really-making-money-on-the-cloud "IBM, by contrast, lumps so many different businesses into its "Technology Services & Cloud Platforms" segment -- it even includes some hardware sales... — read more 

I work for IBM in NY and have a brother who is attempting to stay local to a southern state for his spouse (not Texas or SC) and I'm trying desperately to help him get a job. I think of the people I talk to on support lines... He could easily do that... — read more 

http://www.abc17news.com/news/ibm-responds-to-letter-from-us-senator-questioning-use-of-h1b-visas/33021996

It's not all bad news guys... IBM’s Innovation Center taking shape in downtown Buffalo... Innovation Center takes shape in Key Center; 500 workers to be hired... You can see more details here:... — read more 

http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/042916/ibm-faces-further-possible-sp-downgrade-ibm.asp

Worked on State of Georgia account for 9 years. I made it though Many rounds of cuts same story as about used abused and lied to. Saw many many coworkers go very talented seasoned people 40's and 50's so if your not 25 get out now - we were cored... — read more 

Bear with me please... From what I understand, IBM has a semi-regular promotion schedule. I was under the impression that notifications begin in Q2 and come into effect in Q3. Is this the case?

There are so many IT layoff this year, how are we all going to find another job especially with China now even producing fab chips/asics. I know everyone thinks India/Indian's are a big threat and taking over our jobs. Yes, I agree to some point but... — read more 

Organic cloud revenue is not growing anywhere close to as quickly as it needs to grow (in fact, it slowed) in order to catch up with Amazon on Microsoft. Update your resume and keep your ears to the ground. Chances are you won't be laid off, but... — read more 

When do you think they're will be more layoffs for Cloud folks?

I am relatively new to Systems performance marketing and want to know what salary band I am in. I hear a lot of band talk - I interviewed and negotiated directly with my manager and never spoke to a recruiter or HP personnel.

Would you please describe how PIP process is executed ??

IBM Korea.... There is a rumor that software group services unit will be eliminated soon. Anyone who heard about it in your country?

Here's a guy that really gets it. He actually looks at the numbers and analyzes, rather than just blindly regurgitating the BS and spin from Rometty and Schroeter, as CNBC, Motley Fool, and so many others do. "It's going to be a great cruise, once we... — read more 

Just saw a tv commercial on CNN for this, so someone it putting a lot of money behind it. They want to hear from workers who are being replaced by foreigners. http://fairchanceatjobs.com/ Hopefully it's legit.

In midtown Manhattan Wednesday, around 25 EmblemHealth IT employees and their supporters held a protest over the firm's decision to shift work to IT services firm Cognizant. On the sidewalks next to EmblemHealth's midtown offices, they yelled... — read more 

I was just talkin outa my ass

This is all what you need - paints a grim picture

Hey, so I'm a new hire at IBM and I've been here for more than 3 months. I was poached away from my last position, a position I really loved but was told by IBM I would do the same job only for more money ($20k more) and more opportunity. So I jumped... — read more 

Last month, I reported on a wave of IBM layoffs hitting U.S. facilities. Cuts were happening all across the country, and one source told me he’d been informed that one-third of the U.S. workforce would be affected. IBM quickly denied that number, and... — read more 

So Ginni gets over 4 years, and sales have dropped by $40billion dollars now 16 quarters in a row of declining sales. Yet the average workers gets 12 months, and if a PBC they are GONE. The double standard continues. Welcome to CEO greed. She layoffs... — read more 

Intel is melting down, the board here is on fire, hundreds of messages - link: &intel - 12,000 job cuts announced, 11% of the worldwide workforce (read: USA)

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/topstories/ibm%e2%80%99s-rometty-is-a-ceo-who-has-to-go/ar-BBrXaP5

EmblemHealth IT employees fear their jobs are gone once they transfer their knowledge to Cognizant... — read more 

http://www.fastcompany.com/3058869/forget-millennials-why-you-should-hire-someone-over-55

Maybe Watson's calling the shots now. IBM should merge with Nortel and make an even bigger pile of sh--!!! IBM doesnt have any problems as long as it keeps making those great laptops. they've been trying to compete in the "IT consulting" biz for... — read more 

Which brings us to Net Income, and yet another example of IBM abusing the oldest accounting trick in the book, because whereas IBM's Net Income plunged by $2 billion from $3 billion in Q1 2015 to just $1 billion this quarter (a paltry 5.5% pretax... — read more