Thread regarding IBM layoffs

Judging by IBM's knee-jerk reaction to literally everything, reptilian brain seems about right. No forethought. No pause for reflection. They just devour other companies and sp-t out their bones. Repeat.

IBM can mark whatever they want, but nobody gives a you-know-what about IBM outside of IBM. Just make sure you have a good relationship with your first line manager so you can get a letter of rec.

In the meantime, relax and learn to say, "No." Quiet quitting is absolutely the appropriate response to quiet firing, I mean quiet RA-ing, I mean quiet PIP-ing. There we go.

That's disrespectful to reptiles.

IBM is not left vs right brain .. it is more like reptile vs human brain.

I think ibm has total left brain / right brain separation in regards to firing / rehiring.. lookiNg for such a connection assumes a coherent constructive HR policy, which there is not .. I only see destructive policies

Never go back to IBM… everybody should be leaving anyway.

First of all, as others have pointed out, you should just never go back. Second, "ineligible to rehire" is a nothing burger. It's not even a "yield" sign. It just means that some d-ckw-d didn't care for you when you left.

As for FMLA, I live in a non-United-States country that is often cold and from which I can drive to the United States. I don't know what the deal is down there, but up here, you may be foregoing income. So the tradeoff is not all that awesome.

IBM is top heavy over staffed.

Top heavy overstaffed

IBM is overstaffed. What do you expect ?

I am not saying i will but in a recessionary market you need to keep your options open if opportunity arises with different group . Because in my case its not really about personal performance. its politics around a numbers game from my manager.

Why would you go back if they placed you in PIP?