Top performers, top-skills, remote workers are in the crosshairs. we are told that we can replace them with workers in India. When did it become India Business Machines? This is going to hurt the clients more than anything else.

Did IBM give any raises for inflation cost of living? its like 15% last 2 years. Everyone should get at least 15% raise.

http://rsuibmsegrate.altervista.org/20230302.pdf

CEO: Arvind Krishna Big 2023 Investment: Hybrid Cloud, Quantum Computing Not in or directly involved with one of these two strategic areas, then time for a résumé update and job... — read more 

Plenty of money for M&A. Also, we mourn the brethren about to fall. https://thestack.technology/ibm-ns1-invests-netbox/

The money is meant to support private investment in new factories and can be clawed back if companies use it on stock buybacks instead. Major companies such as Intel, TSMC, IBM, Micron and Texas Instruments have already launched... — read more 

Supposed to be payable March 1st. Don't know if it is deposited as its own separate payment or included in the next regular paycheck. If you got it, what percent?

Any reason why he is called Tabasco T...?

Just another virtue signal. Probably boosts their all-hallowed ESG score or something. https://buzz-feed.news/colorado-startup-provides-google-and-ibm-with-hives/

They are completely useless and the business will continue on without a hiccup

Meta is undertaking a process known internally as “flattening,” asking many of its managers and directors to transition to individual contributor jobs or leave the company as it tries to become more efficient. Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark... — read more 

And jobs shift offshore, says source "A spokesperson for Merative declined to comment, stating in an email, 'Merative does not discuss rumors. We are focused on investing in our six core product lines and aligning our organization with our... — read more 

Get ready folks - sounds like massive layoffs are coming for IBM HR/TA soon.. Apparently top performers not safe. Post any info you have on these layoffs here.

Officially IBM saying about Arvind's accomplishments: "Arvind Krishna is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IBM. As a business leader and technologist, he has led the building and expansion of new markets for IBM in artificial intelligence... — read more 

"Many International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) insiders ditched their stock over the past year, which may be of interest to the company's shareholders" "Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider sale was by the CFO and... — read more 

Jim Kavanaugh just threw an announcement that all F&O employees must work from the office 3 days a week starting March 1st which is just a week away. His reasoning made absolutely no sense given the ridiculous amount of work done successfully during... — read more 

However, if the layoffs were happening and someone was to make a survey Do you think you will be a target?, I think there would be many who would answer that hypothetical question with arguments of why they should not be cut. The reason for... — read more 

https://research.ibm.com/blog/AI-supercomputer-Vela-GPU-cluster

#4: Austin https://smartasset.com/data-studies/places-with-the-most-layoff-anxiety-2023

15% shown the exit. 30 day notice 30 day severance Sorry but not sorry

To absolutely no one's surprise, more shenanigans with retiree benefits. https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/09/ibm_heath_benefits_plan_transition/

A $470K bonus to C-suiter!? Meanwhile worker bees can't even get a raise for years, nor their full rightfully earned sales commissions, let alone a measly bonus. And the irony of Big Bleu taking legal action to chase after money they say was... — read more 

It is also notable that IBM chose to use x86 processors rather than its own Power 10 chips, especially as these were touted by Big Blue as being ideally suited for memory-intensive workloads such as large-model AI inferencing. The... — read more 

Band 10 manager sued and won a lot more. https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/chaudhri-2023-starts-off-with-bang-as-employee-awarded-27-months-of-wrongful-dismissal-damages

Left IBM in Feb 2022. Does anyone know where or whom I need to contact to get my paystub? (I'm in the US)

A moment of silence for the soon-to-be-fallen compatriots at StepZen. https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/08/ibm-graphql/

Want to get feedback from IBMers here... Have you watched Rob Thomas All Hands today? The segment with Rob, Dinesh and Kareem where Rob and Kareem make fun of Disnesh and beat the sh-t out of him... Wasn't that funny? I think Dinesh is done... — read more 

From anon: IBM management told to mark down 10% staff and move them onto a PIP and GDP will only be given out only to top... — read more 

This is a question for those who were laid off but I know others are also looking for a way out so if you have any advice, it will be welcome. What are you utilizing in your job search? Are you using any platforms, apps or companies that can help... — read more 

Preserving the dividend at all costs equates, in part, to more RAs in the future. Published: Feb. 6, 2023 at 3:05 p.m. ET... — read more 

https://blogs.opentext.com/opentext-comments-on-ibms-meritless-claim-against-micro-focus/ While the timing of IBM’s lawsuit was very curious (and transparent, in our view, as an act by a threatened competitor trying to disrupt OpenText), it did not... — read more 

No point to join IBM, you will get screwed. IBM no longer pays bonuses, raise are mostly none and work sucks. IBM is about to lay off 4000 people and it is only the start. IBM needs to bring down the number of employees worldwide by 50K this year to... — read more 

https://www.rogerschank.com/fraudulent-claims-made-by-IBM-about-Watson-and-AI

Some support center employees are being told to find another job. As many as 50 percent to 90 percent of those departments are being told this. By the way, those jobs are still needed, but now those jobs are being sent to Bulgaria and Costa Rica... — read more 

My 2nd line I have a weekly meeting to discuss my status and progress with re-deployment job search. He is very helpful. He also mentioned that they're ramping up his reporting requirements saying they want re-deployment done - so why is it taking so... — read more 

An interesting postmortem of another of Ginni's failed moonshots. https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-ibm-maersk-blockchain-effort-was-doomed-to-fail-from-the-start

Vote - Yes or No: Arvind Krishna is the Best IBM CEO of All Times

IBM is the poster child for the effects of this lasting damage, as they've been experiencing it for... — read more 

Should I apply for it? If I join, would Arvind sc--w me one day? I need opinion. https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/platform-engineer-at-ibm-3456599800/

IBM (NYSE: IBM) declined to say whether the layoffs impact Austin operations. Translation: there will be significant impact to the Austin operations. https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2023/01/26/ibm-joins-flood-of-tech-layoffs.html By:... — read more