●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, July 11, 2026 ●● ● Jul 11 [02:34] *gonorrhea has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:34] *gonorrhea (~gonorrhea420@ku4mv4gdcwkfg.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:34] *gonorrhea_ (~gonorrhea420@ku4mv4gdcwkfg.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:40] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jul 11 [05:26] *Disconnected (Connection timed out). [05:27] *Now talking on #techbytes ● Jul 11 [11:15] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@xk49uzi5amp4u.irc) has joined #techbytes [11:30] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [11:35] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@xk49uzi5amp4u.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jul 11 [18:06] schestowitz[TR2] "Composition of the Local Staff Committee The Hague (LSCTH) [18:06] schestowitz[TR2] Dear colleagues, [18:06] schestowitz[TR2] Thank you for voting in the recent Staff Committee elections. The high turnout of 64,66% demonstrates the support for the mandate of the Local Staff Committee for the next three years. We would like to thank all the candidates who stood for election and extend a special thank you to the election committee who took on the task of organising the process[1]. [18:06] schestowitz[TR2] Following the constitution process according to Articles 30 and 31 of the election rules [2], the composition of the Local staff committee The Hague is as follows:" [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] ""The following are full members of the Central Staff Committee: [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] Alexandre Bouffier (TH) [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] Ion Brumme (MU) [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] Fausto Ciotta (TH) [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] Thomas Franchitti (MU) [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] Derek Kelly (MU) [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] Eva Loschnig (VI) [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] Rhiannon Mitchell-Thomas (TH) [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] Evelyn Mlthaler (MU) [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] Florence Olsder (TH) [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] Michael Sampels (BE) [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] The following are alternate members of the Central Staff Committee: [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] Philippe Couckuyt (TH) [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] Jane Antoinette Croucher (MU) [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] David de la Torre (BE) [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] Dirk Dobbelaere (TH) [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] Dominik Kirchler (MU) [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] Lutz Mller-Kirsch (TH) [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] Ingrid Peller (MU) [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] Virginie Ruckebusch (MU) [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] Carmen Schuhmann (VI) [18:18] schestowitz[TR2] Clara Torcal Serrano (TH) ● Jul 11 [20:20] *gonorrhea_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:20] *gonorrhea has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:46] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kx1fdbqd [20:46] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kx1fdbqd ) [20:46] schestowitz[TR2] " [20:46] schestowitz[TR2] Related post with link to urbex video of former IBM Palisades site: @OP+1ks15yq4z [20:46] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [20:46] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply [20:46] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @fx+1kx1fdbqd [20:46] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [20:46] schestowitz[TR2] Finally. An IBM product people actually like. [20:46] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [20:46] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply [20:46] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @fp+1kx1fdbqd [20:46] schestowitz[TR2] +9 [20:46] schestowitz[TR2] Bob likes a good ghost story about dino babies in cold war locations. [20:46] schestowitz[TR2] " [20:47] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwvexhrf [20:47] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwvexhrf ) [20:47] schestowitz[TR2] " IBM let's all "dinobabies" go and hire people out of school, and offshoring jobs both are cheaper. I know I'm a dinobaby let was let go. Funny thing is my last account had an outage and IBM India gave the cheap 3rd party company my name and number. I told the cheap 3rd party company to call India and get a different point of contact. That outage cost IBM big $$$ [20:47] schestowitz[TR2] 2 days ago by Anonymous [20:47] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+5/-0) | Reply [20:47] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @qe+1kwvexhrf [20:47] schestowitz[TR2] +6 [20:47] schestowitz[TR2] @as [20:47] schestowitz[TR2] ah's post was "written" by AI. [20:47] schestowitz[TR2] Whoever ah is, they're so lame that they don't even trust their own mind to be able to compose a simple post online. They went to AI to do it for them. This is the level of stupid we are working with here, at this point in time in the universe. [20:47] schestowitz[TR2] Astoundingly dull, uncreative, and collapsing i" [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwwgw09k [20:48] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwwgw09k ) [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] " [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] All I know is that I didn't get a raise because "there's no money in that bucket this year" and I watched a lot of coworkers get put on PIPs who didn't deserve it, but our POS failed CEO got $30M. Hey Arvind....fck you! Fck you and all your little pipmunk minions. May you all rot in the deepest pit of h3ll along Gerstner. [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] 2 days ago by Anonymous [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @nh+1kwwgw09k [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] +5 [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] @a4 - In many cases not even payroll cuts but rather payroll "moves" to India. [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] 4 days ago by Anonymous [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+5/-0) | Reply [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ed+1kwwgw09k [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] Bob was born to be the zero day poster child. [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] 4 days ago by Anonymous [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] | 6 reactions (+4/-2) | Reply [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ds+1kwwgw09k [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] +9 [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] More buzzword nonsense that is meaningless [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] 4 days ago by Anonymous [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] | 9 reactions (+9/-0) | Reply [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @cp+1kwwgw09k [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] +6 [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] @OP - this is pure garbage. [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] 4 days ago by Anonymous [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] | 6 reactions (+6/-0) | Reply [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @b3+1kwwgw09k [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] Bonus zero indeed [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] 4 days ago by Anonymous [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] | 6 reactions (+5/-1) | Reply [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @av+1kwwgw09k [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] +14 [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] "Despite all the talk of AI, Krishna estimates that just 20 percent of businesses are utilizing it correctly. The rest, he says, are not getting a return on their investment or dont quite know what to do with it." [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] We all know IBM is in the 20% bracket - The correct way of utilizing in IBM is to tell a narrative that the company saved $4.5 billion by using AI for HR, all the savings or the return on investment as Krishna calls it, are actually from payroll cuts that impacted 8000 jobs. [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] AskHR is a piece of sh-t, ask anybody who has used it, I feel sorry for those in HR who now have to do additional work but can't do anything about it, and employees who need to reach out to HR just give up in frustration. And on top of that, IBM wants its consultants to repeat what they call client zero success at the customer site. [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] Why is IBM so obsessed with zero - client zero, day zero, this zero , that zero etc etc [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] All we know is, bonus is zero and salary hike is zero, for all those who deserve the raise based on the hard work they put in. [20:48] schestowitz[TR2] " [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kx72ndwf [20:59] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kx72ndwf ) [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] "" [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] Band promotion- consulting [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] Are band promotions happening in Consulting this cycle? For band 6,7 and 8. How does the outlook and budget looks like? [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] #Band #Budget #Consulting #Outlook #Promotion [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] 21 hours ago by Anonymous [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] | 250 views | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | 3 replies (last 7 hours ago) | Reply [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @OP+1kx72ndwf [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] Click to get Alert when there is a new reply. [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] 3 replies (most recent on top) [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] Consulting organizations thru out the world are on hard times. Too many organizations are chasing too few engagements thus rates have dropped to rock bottom. Even IBM consulting and its separate strategy of hybrid enterprise AI has been impacted and the ratings agencys have labeled IBM consulting the weak sister [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] https://seekingalpha.com/news/4612943-ibm-initiated-at-neutral-as-quantum-provides-upside-consulting-prompts-pause-susquehanna [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] 7 hours ago by Anonymous [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions | Reply [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @cn+1kx72ndwf [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] @af [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] Note: This is what they said last year. And the year before that. Something somehting do less with more something something use AI something something. [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] The crash can't come soon enough. [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] 9 hours ago by Anonymous [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @c9+1kx72ndwf [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] There is very few, if any, promotion this year. Not enough money, times are hard for IB> [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] There is just enough money to pay for the bonus of the slimy Indian at the top. [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] Better luck, next year. [20:59] schestowitz[TR2] " [20:59] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://seekingalpha.com/news/4612943-ibm-initiated-at-neutral-as-quantum-provides-upside-consulting-prompts-pause-susquehanna ) ● Jul 11 [21:59] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Jul 11 [22:08] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@xk49uzi5amp4u.irc) has joined #techbytes