I'm just about to join IBM Global Business Services, having read some of the comments on here. I'm worried that I may have made a bad choice. What's the atmosphere like? Pros and Cons?

Slightly off topic, but here's another example of IBM chipping away at itself. What's next? Dear IBM Retiree, IBM has long been a leader in corporate social responsibility due to our ability to refine and reimagine our approach on social impact... — read more 

At the end of 2017 (or put another way; at the start of 2018) IBM had a global workforce of ~366,000 Red Hat added (in 2019) ~13,000 At the end of 2020, (start of 2021), IBM had a global workforce of ~346,000 So, 366,000 + 13,000 = 379,000... — read more 

There are lot of technical issues/defects most people can't fix ot even understand. They keep scheduling meetings and talking about "ideas" but inaction reigns, whole teams paralyzed because they just do not know what to do. Legacy code written by... — read more 

There's no bonus, no raise, no promotions. Even with promos, one would be lucky to get 10% raise. So what's the motivation to work here?

This is from an email from Jim Whitehurst to employees: "integrity's a fundamental part of our culture and what we're building. It's one of the reasons that we've endured for over 100 years and continue to be successful." Today's IBM execs have no... — read more 

Hello everyone, Question is has HR barred the move of employees from one team/group to another team/group within GTS? I have been doing sh*tty work at my current role for past 6-7months and while I'm searching opportunities outside IBM and will... — read more 

I don’t know how to frame my mentality when going to work each day, knowing every colleague/management is backstabbing each other to death, as the decisions from above change on a seemingly daily basis. I’ve adopted the collecting paycheck for... — read more 

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3666517-blank-check-companies-sets-eyes-on-corporate-spinouts-or-vice-versa

If you were RA on February 25, please let us know.

Why isn't there a Snowflake message board?

When it comes to Cloud and attracting new clients, IBM does not believe in the Field of Dreams mantra of "Build it, and they will come." No, IBM's mantra is "Build it only after they come." The reason I think this, is that I work in one of IBM's... — read more 

Pyrrhic victory indeed. https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/24/co_op_insurance_ibm_13m_judgment/

The goal, Krishna said, is for IBM to double its revenue with partners over the next three to five years. “I want our partners to be the best at establishing a hybrid architecture at our clients and establishing an AI footprint at our... — read more 

So new structure is in. Top 500 companies are the go to model. Then there’s the strategic accounts. Then there business partner accounts. Do you see this working? Personally I think it’s another cluster f***. Lets remove client exec. Client... — read more 

I must have missed the memo. tried to call IBM HR 800# (1-800-796-9876) with a payroll question (it was the phone # on the bottom of the paystub) no more people if still employed use the ASKHR bot (probably find it on slack?) if... — read more 

Is it just me and my lack of motivation or do you also notice shorter and shorter deadlines? They want more work done as quickly as possible. It has become a real challenge to work here.

“With recent Global RA (Resource Actions/separations) from IBM continuing”, there is high potential for managers across business units to be next RA targets. Discussion of ‘Span of 10’ being the minimum number of direct reports for every... — read more 

IBM has 11 management layers, plus 2-3 non-management layers (not sure about the latter). If all people on earth are connected, on average, by six degrees of separation, how can an organization have almost 2x more layers and expect to be more... — read more 

I have spoken with 2 Band D staff (director / distinguished engineer in IBM speak) who both confirmed that bonuses at a smaller % of the prior years were set to be paid soon. Apparently all letter band 'execs' were to be paid some cash for 2020... — read more 

Reading in between the lines of JW is saying in this 2 minute video from 18 Feb. 2021: prepare for more divestitures, spin-offs, RAs, and anything else to "right-size" Big Bleu very... — read more 

The United States. We are still determining the city and state. Translation: Big Bleu is shopping around for the most insane tax incentives offer from some poor, unsuspecting, naïve state/county/municipality that they can sukker in for a 10+... — read more 

Here we go. . . How many folks beyond those just in Watson Health get packaged & shipped-out with this deal? By: Laura Cooper and Cara Lombardo Updated Feb. 18, 2021 8:21 pm ET... — read more 

https://www.facebook.com/alliancemember/posts/1936329643171677 "Changes of this new Co Is now happening. RA in The US Accounts Receivable Dept in GDL Mexico."

People constantly keep asking here and at work if they're safe and I figured out a nice, handy guide for everybody to determine it once and for all. Is your pay more than average but you're not a part of the ELT or related to any of them? Ding ding... — read more 

Good luck, AK. https://www.pcmag.com/news/four-companies-control-67-of-the-worlds-cloud-infrastructure

( A follow-up to this post: @OP+19leAD5l ) By: Gerard Yates Feb. 16, 2021 11:27 am ET https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-companies-for-customer-satisfaction-11613492860 International Business Machines Corp. is No. 1 for customer satisfaction... — read more 

Another one jumps overboard. Also, CTO of eSports? Really? https://esportsobserver.com/ibm-cto-esports-exits-company/

Conclusion I will reiterate my opinion that IBM is a significant value trap stock in the best-case scenario. The company's revenues have been steadily declining, while it uses high leverage for producing its low returns, and it is at... — read more 

I received an email today from my "manager", telling me I needed to close $4m of new TCV signings in 1Q21. This is the first I have gotten any sales goals or quota info., considering that I have been with GTS since October 2020. Again, on Feb.17 ... — read more 

Last month in a letter to nominees to lead the Labor and Education Departments, Obed Louissaint, a senior IBM executive, asked the government to expand eligibility for $130 billion in annual student aid. About 65% of Americans who... — read more 

For those who already gave 2 weeks notice, did you guys tell your managers or peers where you will be going? The company you will be joining, anything negative by telling them? Or do most of the people wait till last day? What will you tell your boss... — read more 

Do you know why things will continue to go downhill? Because there is zero talent left to steer this company in the right direction. Most of the talented people are gone through layoffs. Those few who were not affected in the past five or more years... — read more 

Hello Everyone, Apologies for being off-topic (non-layoff topic). I found that IBM offers a free service 'MoneySmart' to US employees and it's on Fidelity portal. The description says 'IBM MoneySmart financial planning program: one-on-one... — read more 

IBM - The Ugly IBM has struggled to generate top line growth since 2011 when revenue peaked at nearly $104.8B. Revenue in the LTM was $72.3B. This decline largely coincides with the tenure of the previous CEO. For far too long, IBM... — read more 

After ~10 years at IBM, I gave my 2 weeks notice to my manager on Friday. No, I don't have anything lined up. But I just can't take this anymore. The incompetence. Constantly laying off the few high performers we have. I wanted to do this last year... — read more 

Show just how poorly IBM is performing in this era: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/12/08/software-company-snowflake-overtakes-ibm-value-just-three-months/ The cloud storage firm Snowflake has overtaken IBM in market value just... — read more 

IBM still has a lot of deadwood that needs to get trimmed but at the same time it desperately needs to hire talent, those two times don't seem to match but they actually do. IBM has reached a point where the really talented ones either have left... — read more 

LaFleche comes to the new role after spending the last three-plus years as IBM’s managing director for the State of New York. Wasn't there a debacle and mishandling by IBM last year with their State of NY Dept of Labor Help Desk contract? Oh... — read more