https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/01/ibm_global_tech_services_uk_layoffs/

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/protein-folding-ai-deepmind-google-cancer-covid-b1764008.html

Ultimately, the restructuring of the French group should lead to a 50% reduction in staff! More carnage. https://shrewsbury.net/ibm-will-lay-off-a-quarter-of-its-french-workforce/

How will the recent ‘corporate split’ unlock additional growth in India, a key geography for IBM both as a market and as an employee base? . . . We have been present in India for several decades and this partnership will only grow... — read more 

Mr. Vignone most recently served as Vice President and Head of Business Development for IBM Global Markets. They're heading for the exits. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/prosper-vignone-joins-siris-investment-120000267.html

Microsoft's Creepy New 'Productivity Score' Gamifies Workplace Surveillance ... are criticizing the company for essentially gamifying workplace... — read more 

I certainly would !! Those folks in the UK are getting a sweet deal. I don't want to hear any cry babies. Give me that and I am gone.

Significant cuts in DBG - client execs serving global markets and commercial accounts. At least 50-60 people affected. Some people in New Zealand too heard of sellers in GTS what is remaining of them got a package

As per subject, 6 months salary, 12 weeks worked notice period and submissions in by 16th Dec.

Bloomberg reports that the layoffs are meant to help cut costs in the services unit that the company is expected to spin... — read more 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-25/ibm-planning-about-10-000-job-cuts-in-europe-ahead-of-unit-sale

https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3875957,00.html

"There are layoffs going on now - client execs, digital sales, and hearing tech sales next, as IBM expect the sellers to pickup doing demos and the technical... — read more 

Bloomberg TV reported that 10,000 heads to go in europe about 20% of work force ... said people close to matter is there source.

"There are layoffs going on now - client execs, digital sales, and hearing tech sales next, as IBM expect the sellers to pickup doing demos and the technical parts with the customers, on the FULL portfolio!! – the inmates have taken over the... — read more 

Instead of curing cancer, here's the moonshot they should've promoted for Watson: https://www.ibm.com/employment/ciceurope/nl-en/pages/showcase

https://www.facebook.com/alliancemember/posts/1867768776694431

Thinking about moving to newco. Pros and cons - go guys!

Would any of you risk quitting your somewhat safe job if you got a really good offer (a decent pay increase included) from a startup? Usually it would be a dream come true for me, but at this very moment it seems like an unnecessary risk I should not... — read more 

guess not.

Is it possible to move from GTS (newco) to IBM nowadays?

Do you predict that there will be IBM Layoffs 2021? Any news or rumors?

Seniority NEVER meant anything to IBM Management except that the Older and Higher Paid were the most likely employees to be Resourced. One other point to think about is when IBM created TSS back in the 1990's and EVERYONE that was moved to TSS had... — read more 

https://www.wraltechwire.com/2020/11/20/ibm-is-moving-to-cut-thousands-of-jobs-reports-and-workers-say/

https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4023714/ibm-plans-axe-jobs-europe

IBM is set to cull its workforce in Europe, with the UK braced to take a chunk of the cuts. A source told CRN's sister title Channel Partner Insight (CPI) that Big... https://www.channelweb.co.uk/news/4023640/uk-firing-line-ibm-prepares-job-cuts — read more 

IBM has maintained that age plays no role in employment actions. But, in August, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission determined that the... — read more 

Coupled with IBM's apprenticeship model serving to establish foundational knowledge, clients and new apprentices can gain the benefit of Franklin... https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-announces-collar-apprenticeship-accelerator-110000228.html — read more 

(Tried to post this as a comment on this @OP+17RElUy7 post but curiously, that post has already been archived). https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/11/ibm-ceo-sent-president-elect-biden-a-letter-heres-why-he-wrote-it.html

Timing? Coverage? When will we be notified

The Queen of Failure who made almost half a Billion in her tenure at IBM, sinking it faster than the Titanic was the keynote speaker on Income Inequality and how we can change that! The level of absurdity has reached peak levels , not seen since our... — read more 

Every time I attend a meeting with higher ups in IBM from all the different divisions I supposedly part of, I get the impression that the higher ups at every level is out of touch with the people in IBM that actually do any of the work.

All these acquisitions can't bode well for their employment prospects...

“IBM's acquisition of Instana is yet another important step that we are taking to provide companies with the most complete portfolio of AI-automated solutions to... https://www.cfo.com/the-cloud/2020/11/ibm-to-buy-software-company-instana/ — read more 

*Sorry it’s impacted you personally as I wouldn’t wish layoffs on anyone, but it’s high time IBM get a proper marketing firm to take over. Nothing done by the current team has helped improve our perception in the market. Shame that like many... — read more 

Come on, working from home, Covid, plus perpetually waiting for the next layoff most IBMers are drinking during the work day.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ibm-to-acquire-instana-as-company-continues-to-advance-its-hybrid-cloud-and-ai-strategy-301175647.html Any thoughts ? Second acquisition this week

Coming out of forced retirement to ask, has IBM managed to lay off its way to profitability? That seems to be the only consistent strategy this leadership has been able to think of and implement in the past ten years, so I'm really curious if it's... — read more