Topics regarding layoffs at IBM

Topics regarding layoffs at IBM

Kate Wooley IBM "Ecosystem" head resigns

Just saw this in LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/katepwoolley_recently-i-made-the-difficult-decision-to-activity-7340909474070638592-ihVX/ I was never impressed in anything she had to say. Seemed like pre scripted puffery and nothingness... — read more 

Opportunities for B10

create better career opportunities for b10... as someone who's been in the game a long time, it's super unclear how goals are actualy tracked or how targets get assigned. I can sell over 10 million in new business year after year and somehow still... — read more 

Bring on the next RA

Many of us are looking forward to it. Pay me to leave this misery. I'll happily accept.

PT, I mean AK Barnum and his Quantum Double Hype

Everyone knows that AK Barnum is hyping Quantum like a 1890s snake oil salesman at the carnival sideshow to try and unrealistically inflate the stock price https://seekingalpha.com/article/4794079-ibm-double-hype The key investor takeaway is that... — read more 

IBM + Corporate Bro ads for Watsonx Orchestrate

Looks like the geniuses at IBM marketing thought they hit the jackpot by teaming up with Corporate Bro to shill Watsonx Orchestrate. Good luck to IBM Technology thinking that Bro can charm Fortune 500 C-suite execs into buying that piece of cr-p with... — read more 

Granite Is A Pile Of Dissembling Nonsense

Here is a prompt to granite itself plus the answer. how many parameter do you have Granite Granite As a large language model, my architecture is based on the Transformer architecture, which includes numerous learned parameters. However, I... — read more 

PIP

How come some go straight to PIP while others start on structured coaching plan as first step?

Another lawsuit

https://www.universalhub.com/2025/boston-woman-charges-she-didnt-get-executive-job-ibm-because-shes

How Top CEOs Use Language To Lead And Inspire

AK even being ranked is laughable. He's a a total B.S. artist. https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecastrillon/2025/03/26/how-top-ceos-use-language-to-lead-and-inspire/ Mar 26, 2025, 09:00am EDT The 25 Smartest CEOs in America (Ranked) .. — read more 

Partner Promotions in IBM Consulting ??

Deloitte UK cuts the number of partner promotions by 25%, the latest sign of pressure on the Big Four. What are Alvind and Ali doing other than sitting comfortably in their offices and twiddling their thumbs ? It should be pay for performance for ALL... — read more 

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So many senseless moves

Watched three star engineers walk last month. They all received zero counteroffers, just “good luck with your next endeavor.” How does leadership not see how much this hurts us long-term? Saving pennies now costs dollars later when rivals scoop up... — read more 

One in each group on coaching plan

My site director required each manager to pick one person to put on a coaching plan starting this week. He said to pick who you would pick if the new system for year end were in place now and even teams of five had to pick someone. Is anyone seeing... — read more 

Exec layoffs

Came across with this today. https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM/comments/1hy37lt/what_happened_to_astorino/ Is Astorino being included in the latest IBM layoffs?

You all seem to be gullible and easily manipulated

IBM has this so called BCG that you all seem to ‘follow’ to the tee while executives laugh behind your back as none of them follow these so called guidelines. I used to work at IBM 20 years ago until they laid me off. And you know what I did? I... — read more 

RA/Layoff Update- May 19 - 23

If you were part of the recent RA/layoff in the U.S. between May 19 and May 23, please let us know the following details: What state are you located in? Are you being asked to relocate? If so, from where to where? Were you offered a... — read more 

“Goals” Nonsense

Here how this will work esp outside us: you’re personal “goals” will be impossible to coordinate with the “team” goals of your team. So even if you hit all your goals you’ll be told they didn’t align closely enough to your team goals so you are a... — read more 

Another CMO gone in less than a year

Mr. McKinsey, Clay Cowan, is gone after just about 6 months. Love that Jonathan shoehorned it into the end of his all hands today. Surprised no one’s mentioned it here yet. Did he actually accomplish anything while he was here?

Next major RA

Have there been any hints about when we can expect to see the next big RA? I'm not asking about the usual small cuts that happen pretty much non-stop, just the next big thing.

Are you on a PIP?

See this video below. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1H28Cs3LWj/?mibextid=wwXIfr

The end of coders is near!!!

Programmers bore the brunt of Microsoft’s layoffs in its home state as AI writes up to 30% of its code Coders were hit hardest among Microsoft’s 2,000-person layoff in its home state of Washington, Bloomberg reports. Over 40% of the people laid off... — read more 

The Layoff not staying on topic

Can the owners of this forum please reject off topic, non layoff related posts? All these posts related to giving praise to IBM executives is ruining the original intent of this forum.

The case for Rob Thomas

Whenever Arvind decides to retirement , Rob Thomas has my full support to be the next CEO Leaders who have risen through the ranks, especially from functions like marketing that are intimately tied to customer experience and brand perception, often... — read more 

Watson X challenge

I got the email today and I can not wait. I’m looking forward to use this amazing technology . Jim Kavanaugh is definitely going to demand we home our skills and I know Arvind is all in ! It’ll be my first challenge and sky’s the limit — read more 

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