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[04:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbdp23q1
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[04:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[04:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	Buckle up folks
[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 wont 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
[04:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	f the game begins.
[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 
[04:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	plan and business in 18 months. Models fail even faster in 2025.
[04:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	In a world of cheap vanilla-grade CPUs, RAM, networking, and storage and completely free software, its 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.
[04:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	This is nothing new; its just come to IBMs corner of tech now. In the 80s 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.
[04:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	All 3 of IBMs pillars (Hardware, Services, and Software) have experienced their own versions of this. Thats why they play not-me. IBM has 3 future strategies. Hybrid Cloud, which cant 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
[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.
[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.
[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?
[04:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	Buckle up folks and prepare for turbulence for the duration of the flight.
[04:38]	schestowitz[TR2]	Perfectly said, @tq+1kb1metdd.
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[04:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbac15p1
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[04:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	'Before COVID she was only at the Barfield office a handful of times. What the eff did she do in Q2C ?
[04:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	2 hours ago by Anonymous
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[04:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	If you are still at IBM... check the #ibm_atlanta Slack channel...
[04:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	She is definitely retiring... She was actually pushed out because of all the sh-t she did!
[04:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	Good riddance... So long Bi--h!
[04:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	3 hours ago by Anonymous
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[04:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	@bh Kitty "retired" in LinkedIn.
[04:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	4 hours ago by Anonymous
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[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.
[04:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	6 hours ago by Anonymous
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[04:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	@fr Good riddance to both those BIT--HES.
[04:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	Hope the door hits them hard on the way out.
[04:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	7 hours ago by Anonymous
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[04:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	The only place women excel is at home
[04:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	8 hours ago by Anonymous
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[04:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	 +11 
[04:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	Reed announced her retirement a while back. She will be gone at the end of the year.
[04:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	Yolanda Rabun, Associate General Counsel, VP
[04:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	Trust and Compliance Officer
[04:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	CHQ General Counsel
[04:42]	schestowitz[TR2]	She loved to call Men males... Fu-k that bi--h!
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[15:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kb3xw69j
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[15:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	'same in Mass thanks.
[15:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	22 minutes ago by Anonymous
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[15:33]	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.
[15:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	2 hours ago by Anonymous
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[15:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	@c9 IBM used to be fighting unemployment claims in NY and elsewhere upto 6 years ago. It is NOT urban legend.
[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.
[15:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	4 hours ago by Anonymous
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[15:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	The answer is . . . you are eligible for Unemployment Insurance after your Severance pay ends.
[15:33]	schestowitz[TR2]	In the FAQs for the Department of Labor website it says:
[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.
[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.
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[15:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbeycanr
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[15:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	Pay for Play baby...
[15:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	20 minutes ago by Anonymous
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[15:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	We paid for this ranking
[15:34]	schestowitz[TR2]	3 hours ago by Anonymous
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[15:34]	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
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