10+ years, CIO FnO, Band 9. Heard through the grapevine it's a lot of Band 10's and DE's and no management that makes the decisions. Super top heavy management who just crunch numbers and treat everyone who does the work as just another number... — read more 

https://www.techzine.eu/news/infrastructure/124578/ibm-quietly-conducting-large-round-of-layoffs/

Our team lost two people with more than two decades of experience each. That is invaluable knowledge shown the door while people who just joined literally in the past 12 months are still here. Who makes such colossally stupid decisions on who to cut?... — read more 

http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/19/IBM_Likely_Breaking_Several_Laws_With_Latest_Secret_Mass_Layoff.shtml

"'Unlike typical downsizing, this one was done in secrecy and those involved were asked to sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs),' he said." https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20240919-ibm-job-cuts/

"Attention IBM'ers! If IBM tags you for a Resource Action or layoff, do the following IMMEDIATELY... Documentation is important. Log all calls and conversations. Make PDF copies of all emails, text messages, logs, etc. and send them to your... — read more 

I don’t want to be here for the aftermath. It’s going to be a sh-tshow that the remaining people will have to sort out.

Most of my coworkers were let go recently but all the managers found a new home? How does this work?

El Reg with what appears to be the first actual media coverage -- https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/18/ibm_job_cuts/

The EEOC found IBM GUILTY of age discrimination: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7206573-2020-09-02-IBM-LOD-Amended-Final-1-003.html There are many articles about this topic:... — read more 

AT LAST! "If you were affected by this round of layoffs and you'd be willing to speak to The Register, feel free to get in touch. tclaburn (at) theregister (dot) com" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uz6XD8C

First, I am sorry to hear of your situation. This is probably a hard time and please know that you already on the right track by being proactive. Keep going -- action alleviates anxiety. Take control and plan your next steps. Here are some... — read more 

This is probably the worst US company to provide outplacement services for those IBM US folks who get laid off. The web site provides little or no introduction to their services, the coaches are a no-show for meetings; when they do show up they... — read more 

I do, for sure. I was laid off today after more than ten years of dedicated and seemingly valued work. It really stings. I know on a purely rational level that I shouldn’t care, but as most of us I do. We are human beings, and this affects our... — read more 

The money saved with the RAs will help fund more acquisitions like this one today. https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/17/ibm-acquires-kubernetes-cost-optimization-startup-kubecost/

All reports point to wholesale, across the board layoffs.

26 yrs service, always top performer, had just informed manager was retiring at the end of the year the week before. Really happy to be out but sad they didn't have the decency to let me go end of year. Like that really saved them $. They're going to... — read more 

Not even ONE article! http://techrights.org/i/2024/09/ibm-layoffs-nothing-happening.png

Post your country, business unit and division here so we can measure the scope.

Just had the convo with my manager. Worked in infrastructure/cloud.

I just got hit

2nd round is happening, unsure of scope. Cirrus cloud.

Does anyone believe anything Cramer says anymore? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jim-cramer-says-international-business-094722004.html

Amazon just announced it… https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/16/business/amazon-return-to-work/index.html When is IBM pulling the trigger?

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/massive-tech-layoffs-at-apple-dell-ibm-are-a-wake-up-call-for-it-professionals-why-upskilling-is-the-key-to-survival/articleshow/113192745.cms

https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20240912PD216/intel-ibm-ceo-samsung-manufacturing.html

https://pandaily.com/ibm-the-closure-of-the-china-rd-department-is-final-and-irreversible/

Moving the provisional funds of past workers around to play with their money or gamble it away

Title says it all. I understand mgr training is ongoing …

IBM Stock Can Keep Setting Records, Analyst Says. How High Shares Could Go. Barrons, Sept 12, 2024, 11:37 am EDT IBM stock closed at a new high Wednesday, and there’s plenty of gas left in its tank to keep going, the team at Evercore ISI... — read more 

IBM said on Wednesday it expects a pre-tax charge of nearly $2.7 billion in the third quarter, related to a transaction involving the transfer of some of its pension plan obligations to a unit of Prudential Financial. Under the deal, nearly $6... — read more 

Not one IBMer on the list. So much for that moonshot. https://time.com/collection/time100-ai-2024/

Somebody's quite bullish, geeeeez. https://www.fool.com/investing/2024/09/07/where-will-ibm-be-in-5-years/

Just wanted the readers opinion. I retired from IBM a couple years ago. I was in a technical role and I was one of the top technical talents in technical sales and highly respected. Anyway I got bored being retired and still have tons of energy and I... — read more 

Must be good for bonuses and vanity at the C suite. https://www.commercialsearch.com/news/ibm-opens-manhattan-flagship-office/ https://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2024/09/06/ibm-unveils-flagship-nyc-office.html

... — read more 

https://communityimpact.com/austin/north-northwest-austin/business/2024/09/05/ibm-taking-over-meta-office-space-at-the-domain-for-its-austin-employees/

The tools they require us to use just get worse and worse. We've lost 1000s of man years of information as we moved from one Wiki/Conferencing system to another with no conversion / no training. Now we end up in Box, which is just a dumping ground... — read more 

https://finimize.com/content/china-aims-to-balance-job-protection-and-tech-innovation