I found myself getting worked up on Sunday afternoons about the stress I'd be getting on Monday morning (regularly working 60-65 hrs including many weekends - but no overtime). Then, gradually, the panic started to move backwards to Sunday lunch, then Sunday morning, and eventually Saturday. That's when I realized there was a real problem: not good for mental health!
I was good at my job but the workload became impossible. We were cutting headcount like crazy - and guess who has to pick up the slack - yes, those of us who remained (I echo your call out to the great IBMers still there). If you weren't online for the better part of 24/7, you weren't a team player, or so it seems. That may be a common situation in larger organizations but IBM remains exemplar in my opinion.
So, my RA this year was a blessing in disguise.
Good post @VwFDc9z-9ndd . I quit working at IBM at the beginning of last year, and I gotta say that I was also a subject to this imposed pressure. Sad to see that things didn’t change