The worst place ever to work. Loaded with "ready to retire 20 to 30 year employees" who are too afraid to rock the boat in fear of losing there pension. If you are starting off your tech career, move on to other companies. IBM has permanent lay offs every quarter.
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Pension, IBM doesn’t have pensions . They have 401k’s .
AK said: “I’m gonna replace din0saurs with Chea.per, y0unger, hungri-er Ind/ans”
Hello - dinosaur with 34 years at IBM here. I don't have a defined benefit plan because when I was a bright-eyed young engineer joining this compan,y I had no expectation that I would still be here decades later. To be fair, when I joined IBM as a student in the late '80,s it was still a respected technology company, not a woke biggest-a$$-kisser wins s***hole.
Now to my point. I am not afraid of being laid off. I am waiting for it, so when I do, I will hire a lawyer and fight for the 24 months of severance pay that Ontario president has generally made achievable for those with a track record like mine who are willing to fight. So don't mistake our determination to collect a severance in partial repayment for the BS we've had to put up with in this company over decades, for fear. Unfortunately for you young ones, fear is much more your domain. Best of luck!
"...who are too afraid to rock the boat in fear of losing there pension."
First of all, it's "their," not "there." More to the point, if you have fewer than 30 years with the company, you don't really have a pension.
That doesn't negate the truth that, if you have fewer than 20 years with the company, the probability of completing your career here is not great. You better be really key to vital niche with top ranked customers. Otherwise, eventually, whatever niche you happen to occupy will be culled. And so will you.
lest you forget, Alvind is a dinosaurus too, and so is his lecherous lapdog Kavanaugh.
Aka D.inosaurs
20 year employees don't have pensions.
In 1999, IBM converted its defined benefit plan to a cash balance plan. These two changes in the 1990s were met with controversy. At the end of 2004, IBM closed its defined benefit plan to new hires and instead offered them a 401(k) plan and a stock purchase plan.