Thread regarding IBM layoffs

Beat the rush and get out now.

This board is littered with similar examples. They will annihilate you and your crew. Typically takes under 24 months. Do not trust anything you hear from us.

Please do yourself a favor and start looking for a company that will appreciate your talents. IBM will not provide any kind of future or job security/stability. All the posts here are speaking the truth, I would run as fast as you can and don’t look back.

They will IBM this up in no time and all the nonsensical IBM bloat processes will take precedence over everything. If its not profitable now, I can only imagine how bad it's going to be within a few months.

IBM has a long history of buying companies for their IP, not their people. There is a good chance that most Avalog employees will be laid off as soon as the “blue-washing” is complete.

Run Forrest, run.

You willl be RA'ed before you know, and until it happens you Will be flooded with frustrations and agony.

You may want to post this on Avaloq's page here: &avaloq

Alternatively you can go here as well:

https://www.thelayoff.com/avaloq

DON'T EVER EXPECT A RAISE IN PAY .... EVER! If you are offered a position with the BLEW PIG you will be lucky if you receive your pre badge change salary. They will definitely place you in a salary "band" where your salary will exceed the max for the band, and keep you there forever, so you will never qualify for a pay raise . Be prepared to support multiple customer accounts, work tons of non paid OT, and get bogged down in useless bull sh*t internal IBM processes and procedures that will raise your BP and drive you nuts. My advice is to start drinking heavily if you sign on with these corrupt devils.

So the answer to your question depends on where you are based. IBM is transitioning to a “body shop” model, and if they can replace you even if your replacement can’t do your job, they will replace you as it saves them money. If you are first world based, consider the merger date your one year notice. (IBM usually give current employees a one year contract commitment After that, all bets are off). After one year, if your job can be off shored, it will happen. Body shop!!! Your skills don’t matter, as IBM can hire third world talent at 20 cents on the dollar/Frank/pound/etc etc. IBM will transition you out of a job to a third world country. If you are near shore based or third world based you chances of remaining with IBM are better.

Start looking NOW. Do not wait for the ax to fall ... because it will. Management and HR (those within Avalog and IBM) will tell you that everything is great when, in reality, they will cut staff to the bone. Search on the internet and you'll find thousands of comments from people IBM has shed with all the other acquisitions they've made. Again, start looking now !!

You will be cannon fodder as soon as your job role can be off-shored and dismissed with the lowest possible severance pay they can get away with. IBM is a toxic place to be at the moment as they shed frontline staff to fund stock buyouts and executive rewards whilst propping up the perception that revenue is not falling quite as fast as most insiders know is true. Make a planned exit with your dignity is intact is my strong advice.