Got cut on 3/30. Cloud Sales Operations. 29 years of service, 55 years old. The worst thing is that I lost my retirement 16 years ago when they changed the retirement plan. Missed the age cutoff by 6 months - I was 39-1/2 when you had to be 40 to get the retirement plan. Was screwed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars then, screwed again now. ONE WHOLE MONTH severance after nearly 30 years of busting my butt long hours year after year. Have paid the price in terms of family relationships and quality of life due to the years of long hours - children with major issues because parents weren't there (wife is an IBMer also) - lots of sacrifice for a "career". What a waste.
Now they want me to "work" for the next 3 months. Why should I care when they don't? What a joke. It's SOOOO IBM. They want us to stay on while we look for a job so if we find a job with another company they won't have to pay us.
I hope Ginni and the board enjoy their multi-million dollar bonuses while many of us who helped build the company suffer.