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| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Dec 02 04:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Buckle up folks | Dec 02 04:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | IBM will continue layoffs until it finds a business model that works and works reliably for many years. For the last two decades, Software, Hardware, and Services have taken turns playing the IBM not-me game. I won’t make profit, but I will amplify that other team which will directly own your profit. Without my synergy, you will surely fail, so you must keep me. Every couple years, a new profit maker is anointed and a new round o | Dec 02 04:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | f the game begins. | Dec 02 04:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Even if they find a model, it needs to work reliably for many years. Not so long ago at the beginning of Watson (AI), a Watson kick-off meeting was held in Austin for the entire Watson management team. The business plan presented would rapidly accelerate to stratospheric heights in 3 or better yet 2 years and remain there for 20-30 years before starting a gradual and still profitable decline. Commoditization utterly destroyed this | Dec 02 04:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | plan and business in 18 months. Models fail even faster in 2025. | Dec 02 04:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | In a world of cheap vanilla-grade CPUs, RAM, networking, and storage and completely free software, it’s hard to find a higher grade product that people will pay for outside of regulated businesses. And those who do unquestionably need the value add point to the cheap stuff and demand lower pricing. And the cowards in sales fear losing 100% of their commission and decide that a steep discount benefits both them and their client. | Dec 02 04:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | This is nothing new; it’s just come to IBM’s corner of tech now. In the 80’s there was a battle between two consumer video storage systems: Betamax and VHS. The cheaper — in both senses — won out. There were superior alternatives to Compact Discs for audiophiles, but the CD wiped them off the market. MP3 audio compression is terrible, but it dominated the music streaming and download business for a long time. | Dec 02 04:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | All 3 of IBM’s pillars (Hardware, Services, and Software) have experienced their own versions of this. That’s why they play not-me. IBM has 3 future strategies. Hybrid Cloud, which can’t sustain an IBM-sized business. AI which is already deep into the commoditization spiral and has as an industry accumulated over a trillion dollars in debt. IBM has already stepped off the AI stage, preferring to serve as high-end salesmen for | Dec 02 04:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | partners’ actual products packaged up with an IBM bow. Quantum Computing: how many non-governmental clients will actually need this capability badly enough to shoulder some risk, finance the development costs, and pay ongoing support. Quantum computing could be the opening for IBM to become the CocaCola Bottling company of tech — providing a low-profit product that makes others fabulously wealthy. | Dec 02 04:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Until these things change, IBM will have to undergo periodic amputations. When it ends in one or more passes through Bankruptcy Court, then we will discover how bad things can get. | Dec 02 04:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | A once failing tech company called Apple righted itself for a while by leaving the tech industry and joining the fickle fashion industry. Is there another industry where centenarian IBM might fit well? | Dec 02 04:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Buckle up folks … and prepare for turbulence for the duration of the flight. | Dec 02 04:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Perfectly said, @tq+1kb1metdd. | Dec 02 04:38 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | 'Before COVID she was only at the Barfield office a handful of times. What the eff did she do in Q2C ? | Dec 02 04:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 2 hours ago by Anonymous | Dec 02 04:42 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @h1+1kbac15p1 | Dec 02 04:42 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | If you are still at IBM... check the #ibm_atlanta Slack channel... | Dec 02 04:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | She is definitely retiring... She was actually pushed out because of all the sh-t she did! | Dec 02 04:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Good riddance... So long Bi--h! | Dec 02 04:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 hours ago by Anonymous | Dec 02 04:42 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @gz+1kbac15p1 | Dec 02 04:42 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | @bh Kitty "retired" in LinkedIn. | Dec 02 04:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Dec 02 04:42 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @gq+1kbac15p1 | Dec 02 04:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +3 | Dec 02 04:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @fr Looks like all those DEI and BLM hires must see the writing on the wall and are departing en masse. It should be pay for performance always in business. A pity the culture at IBM became toxic trash under the management of Gin 'N Tonic (Ginny) and Alvind. They destroyed a once great company by paying complete attention to McKinsey Consulting garbage and pushing H1B visas and worse. | Dec 02 04:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 6 hours ago by Anonymous | Dec 02 04:42 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @g8+1kbac15p1 | Dec 02 04:42 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | @fr Good riddance to both those BIT--HES. | Dec 02 04:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Hope the door hits them hard on the way out. | Dec 02 04:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 7 hours ago by Anonymous | Dec 02 04:42 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | The only place women excel is at home… | Dec 02 04:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 8 hours ago by Anonymous | Dec 02 04:42 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @fx+1kbac15p1 | Dec 02 04:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +11 | Dec 02 04:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Reed announced her retirement a while back. She will be gone at the end of the year. | Dec 02 04:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Yolanda Rabun, Associate General Counsel, VP | Dec 02 04:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Trust and Compliance Officer | Dec 02 04:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | CHQ General Counsel | Dec 02 04:42 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | She loved to call Men males... Fu-k that bi--h! | Dec 02 04:42 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kb3xw69j | Dec 02 15:33 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | 'same in Mass thanks. | Dec 02 15:33 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 22 minutes ago by Anonymous | Dec 02 15:33 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | no reactions | Reply | Dec 02 15:33 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @yr+1kb3xw69j | Dec 02 15:33 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | @nj, not sure how it works in NY, but in Illinois, a lump sum payment does not constitute severance pay, and you are eligible immediately following your last day of employment. | Dec 02 15:33 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 2 hours ago by Anonymous | Dec 02 15:33 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | @c9 IBM used to be fighting unemployment claims in NY and elsewhere upto 6 years ago. It is NOT urban legend. | Dec 02 15:33 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | IBM HR and management are nothing more than a bunch of crooks and thieves, who would sell their mothers if they could make money off the deal. | Dec 02 15:33 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Dec 02 15:33 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | The answer is . . . you are eligible for Unemployment Insurance after your Severance pay ends. | Dec 02 15:33 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | In the FAQs for the Department of Labor website it says: | Dec 02 15:33 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | If you are still unemployed when your dismissal or severance pay ends, you should file a claim for benefits. You should do this even if you are not sure if you have enough earnings, or if you filed a claim when you started receiving dismissal or severance pay. We will determine if you are eligible for benefits. | Dec 02 15:33 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | How much an individual receives on a weekly basis is based on their previous income. The maximum benefit rate is $869 per week. | Dec 02 15:33 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbeycanr | Dec 02 15:34 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Pay for Play baby... | Dec 02 15:34 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bh+1kbeycanr | Dec 02 15:34 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | We paid for this ranking | Dec 02 15:34 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 hours ago by Anonymous | Dec 02 15:34 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @av+1kbeycanr | Dec 02 15:34 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Well, what did you expect ? McKinsey and IBM are in first and second place as the Best Companies for Future Leaders ! It speaks volumes about the politics of Time journalists, and why their circulation numbers keep dropping. LOL | Dec 02 15:34 |
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