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 

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 

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

Country?

Just got the email. He said he has a “Client Meeting”

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 

KA-CHINGGG!! https://www.investopedia.com/ibm-stock-hits-all-time-high-as-firm-touts-roadmap-to-quantum-computing-breakthrough-11751847 By: Andrew Kessel Published June 10, 2025 04:31 PM EDT

Hahaha Research and Alvind are desperate to show something. So they are good ar PR hype using smoke and mirrors. Now IBM has solved the quantum errors with an error correcting quantum cloud. Of course you need wait til 2028 hahaha... oh and by the... — read more 

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 

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 

For those who may not have been aware. https://www.networkworld.com/article/4002414/ibms-cloud-crisis-deepens-54-services-disrupted-in-latest-outage.html

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

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

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 

Anyone plan on joining it ? I refuse to. He’s an arrogant Ess Oh Bee !

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 

And in the USA lay offs are too easy to do, on the DL and with absolutely NO fear of bad press. The truth is when you lay someone off because of your shoddy math, business gambles and cr-p leadership, you, yes you CEO, COO, CIO etc are FAILING. You... — read more 

For anyone who has 17 minutes to burn. https://fortune.com/article/ibm-ai-arvind-krishna-ginni-rometty-tech/ June 2, 2025 at 4:30 AM EDT

(Provided link to article but not quoting it as only relevant item is from the pay ranking table). Arvind Krishna TOTAL PAY (MILLIONS): $25.14 CHANGE FROM 2023: +23% Surely our 23% raises are coming... — read more 

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 

Classic fearmongering to scare CIOs into buying product that's not ready for prime time. https://www.businessinsider.com/future-proofing-technology-systems-executives-prepare-quantum-revolution-2025-5 By: Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert May 28, 2025... — read more 

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 

Anyone got layoff this week?

The Street is seeing right through the IBM clear plastic wrap. https://www.barrons.com/articles/ibm-ai-wave-new-highs-second-thoughts-cf210d0b By: Paul R. La Monica May 22, 2025, 10:31 am EDT After years of watching the Magnificent Seven with... — read more 

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?

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 

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 

I am in calls with colleagues today who are being told they have 30 days to relocate to an approved office or be fired.

Do you believe all the BS that is stated in the BCG materials about IBM not tolerating wrongdoing and not allowing retaliation for managers when reporting wrongdoing ? The leadership at IBM is corrupt, and despite what is said in those videos and... — read more 

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 

This article will disappear like the one posted on this site earlier in the week about the risk of overstaying visas. That one was from the US embassy in... — read more 

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?

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.

6 Leadership Habits To Thrive In Chaos, According To An IBM CEO Study https://www.forbes.com/sites/julianhayesii/2025/05/18/6-leadership-habits-to-thrive-in-chaos-according-to-an-ibm-ceo-study/

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

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 

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.

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 

Anyone got layoff this week? If yes: Country, division etc.

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