Info on recent layoffs

There were layoffs announced today. A lot of folks who were not expecting it got hit or notified they will be hit by year end. Today’s layoffs were concentrated around the marketing organizations centered on tier two clients. They crossed all marketing organizations not just HW. The decision point seems to be on shrinking direct tier two account coverage by vending it all to partners. AK’s hybrid strategy is to concentrate on tier 1 Fortune 500 installations. That was the active 370 strategy when he hired into IBM way back when, with minor support for other niche related products (typewriters come to mind). I guess we can say what goes around comes around. We just changed the product mix slightly adding Redhat for typewriters and harvesting the IP content of previous legacy investments.

I am reposting this from @siv+1cq2pkK4 for info and for people who keep living with their heads stuck in the sand and keep claiming there are no layoffs happening.

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The bigger RA news from IBM last week wasn’t the number of folks hit (remember IBM will keep those numbers low to stay below the radar) but rather the change in strategy. IBM withdrawing from the tier 2/ secondary marketplace was a stealth announcement that will take approx 6-9 months to percolate completely thru IBM. It will impact all divisions, and shrink IBM over time far more than folks think. Think back when IBM entered small and medium market places via PC’s, Intel servers, Power (RISC 6000 or AS/400) or even small mainframes and how it changed marketplaces. NOW extend that entry, BUT in exactly 180 degrees in the opposite direction. It’s going to impact marketplaces big time. ALSO consider how IBM did it. They hit marketing first. (remember IBM is primarily a marketing and sales organization first, with everything else trailing that). That’s showing their hand and telegraphing where they are headed. They are exiting these markets. I hope I’m wrong, but when you outsource your marketing to partners, it’s only a matter of time before you exit those markets. Good luck to all.

In her all hands. And blog. We all knew cuts were coming along with reorg on Sept 1

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Where did the CMO post it?

Anyone who didn’t know layoffs were coming it’s a complete m0ron. We all knew it. The CMO even posted it.

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