●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, September 20, 2024 ●● ● Sep 20 [00:00] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 20 [01:49] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Sep 20 [02:11] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@hkzkvpsjrrw3q.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 20 [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uARCw3F [03:11] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uARCw3F ) [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] Make India great again [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] 48 minutes ago by Anonymous [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+3/-0) [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1nuk+1uARCw3F [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] It sure sounds like AK has taken the Kyndryl model to heart. 8% on shore for services. NOTE manufacturing wouldnt be included in that number as plants and equipment are sunk costs. Everything else near or off shore. If true, that says hes aiming for a USA headcount of 288 x .08 = 23k PLUS manufacturing (POK, RST, AUSTIN, Tucson, Albany, and perhaps the labs) so maybe 10-12k = 35k total [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] This seems to square with the layoffs this week 48k starting and 38k ending [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] 5 hours ago by Anonymous [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+4/-0) [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ccu+1uARCw3F [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] +11 [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] AK IBM CEO was hired in the first place to clean up that IBM mess by replacing older Americans with Indians. [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] 6 hours ago by Anonymous [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] | 11 reactions (+11/-0) [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @jsn+1uARCw3F [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] +5 [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] Makes sense: IBM dinosaurs cost too much [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] 6 hours ago by Anonymous [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] | 9 reactions (+7/-2) [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @gey+1uARCw3F [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] +8 [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] The article says: AK wants to replace older (more expensive) Americans with younger (cheaper) Indian employees [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uAnHnJt [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] 10+ years, CIO FnO, Band 9. Heard through the grapevine it's a lot of Band 10's and DE's and no management that makes the decisions. Super top heavy management who just crunch numbers and treat everyone who does the work as just another number. sickening. And they want to move everything to India. They have a hiring increase there. [03:11] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:12] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uAnHnJt ) [03:12] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:12] schestowitz[TR2] Every manager I worked with in my day at FnO was scared of making decisions. Either they went up to Cesar for even the smallest item or never made the decision causing delays. [03:12] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [03:12] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) [03:12] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1vsg+1uAnHnJt [03:12] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [03:12] schestowitz[TR2] it's fail fast and fail often and no recovery from here on ... and it could not happen to a nicer set of duds at CIO FnO. They are nothing but a bunch of arrogant turds in the toilet bowl of IBM life. [03:12] schestowitz[TR2] Hasta La Vista, Baby ! [03:12] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [03:12] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) [03:12] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1pub+1uAnHnJt [03:12] schestowitz[TR2] +8 [03:12] schestowitz[TR2] Plus, I've worked with my replacement and they are duds. [03:12] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Sep 20 [04:00] schestowitz[TR2] Re: latest draft [04:00] schestowitz[TR2] > Over the past few days it's become something of a small booklet or [04:00] schestowitz[TR2] > mini-manifesto. Comments from proofreaders have been observed and [04:00] schestowitz[TR2] > gratefully incorporated. [04:00] schestowitz[TR2] > Any further thoughts are welcome [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] >> That's a great article. Thank you so much! [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] >> I wanted to say the site has been called Tech Rights since 2010 when our sys [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] >> admin Tracy suggested the name. It's flexible enough to encapsulate a broad [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] >> range of issues. [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] > Thanks for positive feedback. If Rianne sends me some image [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] > suggestions I'll add them with quote captions. Then it's ready. [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] Yes, she is on it! :-) [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] Remember we filed 2 lawsuits (we needed to) and this week is the wedding anniversary, so hopefully this weekend she can get back to you. [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] >> I guess we've become a thorn on the side of some companies. :) [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] > I've been thinking about forms of spiritual warfare and active writing [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] > (word as sword, belief as armour etc). Not to make being a "thorn in [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] > the side" of rotten companies" an end in itself, or go looking for a [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] > fight, but to be such a Socratic irritant to bad ideas and behaviours [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] > that enemies want to wash their hands and distance themselves from [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] > those ideas. Force them to decamp and re-frame. Keep attacking the [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] > ground on which they place their flag (domination), until there's [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] > nowhere left to put it. [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] Sometimes there are small signs that they listen and react. This is an example from 2 hours ago: [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/charlie-stern/linux-interview-profile-ai-joe-biden-new-york-fashion-week as recently explained in http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/14/Pushing_Nonsense_Using_the_Brand_Linux.shtml [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] this headline suggests they respond to TR [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] > Have you ever read Wasp by E. F. Russell? It's the engineers (in the [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] > military sense) handbook and goes great with The Good Soldier Svejk (J [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] > Hasek) as a guide to lethal clowning. [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] This one I've never heard of. [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] > Someone recently asked me if I am "anti-capitalist", and with some [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] > honest thought I had to reply "No. I'm just anti-asshole". [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] > cheers, [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] The "anti-capitalist" thing is bait and straw man. It's like "did you stop beating up your wife?" [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] I am reading your latest draft very carefully right now. [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] One good thing about feedback, IME, is that it prompts to add more paragraphs to an existing essay without removing/detracting from existing work, it adds clarity or context [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] When I did my thesis 20 years ago I really detested having to remove entire paragraph that I had worked on (because the supervisor always knew better). [04:22] schestowitz[TR2] MSM turned out to be a lot like this too (I used to write for news sites till 2008). [04:22] *schestowitz-TR has quit (Quit: Konversation term) [04:22] *schestowitz-TR2 has quit (Quit: Konversation term) [04:22] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@m93jam5swqfas.irc) has joined #techbytes [04:22] *schestowitz-TR2 (~acer-box@freenode/user/schestowitz) has joined #techbytes [04:22] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.complex.com | At New York Fashion Week With Internet Personality Linux (Not The Software) [04:22] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights Pushing Nonsense Using the Brand "Linux" [04:28] *schestowitz-TR has quit (Quit: Konversation term) [04:28] *schestowitz-TR2 has quit (Quit: Konversation term) [04:28] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@m93jam5swqfas.irc) has joined #techbytes [04:28] *schestowitz-TR2 (~acer-box@freenode/user/schestowitz) has joined #techbytes [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] CS expert: [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] "out for the day starting a couple hours from now, will re-check andy's essay [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] tomorrow. justskimming it looks more polished and better flow" [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] Rianne and A., [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] Maybe the book can be partitioned into ~20 parts (index added at the end) and images chosen for each part as we go along? [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] I usually use https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/ these days (old sources of free images perished since 2005). [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] At the moment I am not finding any typos (yet). It's text I can deeply relate to. [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] br [04:50] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/ ) ● Sep 20 [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uBYc7uh [05:16] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uBYc7uh ) [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] Apptio is a symtom of what is wrong with the CIO and IBM [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] IBM acquired Apptio, which they considered to be among the top five or six options they reviewed. Its likely that Apptios sales team painted a very rosy picture for our executives, promising unprecedented transparency into team operations, the ability to identify inefficient teams, and traceability from high-level executive OKRs down to individual Jira tickets. Naturally, Arvind was thrilled at the prospect of this newfound i [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] nsight, perhaps even imagining it would make workforce reductions easier to manage. [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] However, it seems no one involved in the decision-making process conducted a proper user experience study with objective feedback. Now, almost 13 months post-acquisition, Apptio still lacks user role management, leaving sensitive financial information accessible to everyone. This oversight has forced IBM to restrict access solely to management, a far cry from the comprehensive visibility and utility the leadership envisioned and so [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] ld to lower-level managers like myself. [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] IBM does this time and time again with so many companies we buy. I know rank and file employees are frustrated with the tools we take away and are forced to use. But I am helpless to do anything about it. [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:16] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uBYc7uh [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uBczHiR [05:17] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uBczHiR ) [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] We still dont know what the target number is? [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] Its happening everywhere. It would seem, based on anecdotal evidence, the longer you were at IBM, the more experienced and competent you are, its more likely that you will be hit. Some colleagues report their teams are being gutted. None of it makes any sense to me. I cant even imagine the fallout. Good luck to all of us. [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:18] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:18] schestowitz[TR2] You want an explanation that makes sense? [05:18] schestowitz[TR2] IBM is out of money. [05:18] schestowitz[TR2] There's your explanation. As IBM cut staff and sold off division after division, they ran themselves out of breathing room to manage their finances. In other words, they can't cook the books anymore. [05:18] schestowitz[TR2] IBM now has to act like any startup, because they now have the finances of a startup. Every employee has to pull their weight (financially), and if they can't make it they're out the door. [05:18] schestowitz[TR2] 49 minutes ago by Anonymous [05:18] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions [05:18] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @loi+1uBczHiR [05:18] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [05:18] schestowitz[TR2] It's not a target number, but a percentage. 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    • [09:08] schestowitz[TR2] [09:08] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-curl 8.10.1 | daniel.haxx.se [09:25] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [09:32] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@hkzkvpsjrrw3q.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 20 [10:04] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uAZdaaG [10:04] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uAZdaaG ) [10:04] schestowitz[TR2] " [10:04] schestowitz[TR2] Thousands of jobs? Try hundreds of thousands of jobs, spread over 35 years. [10:04] schestowitz[TR2] The unfortunate employees who are still with the company are seeing the aftermath of a decades-long process that became the core of a corporate culture. You cannot cut your way to prosperity. Only through the buildup of wealth can a company be prosperous. [10:04] schestowitz[TR2] In IBM's defense, they tried (weakly) to take the savings from all those fired employees to do something productive. Not being able to develop anything (anything!) internally, the executives bought up various companies over the years to keep up the product catalog. Most of those acquisitions have not amounted to much. [10:04] schestowitz[TR2] So that's where things are at...those who are still there are just trying to live another day. [10:04] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous [10:04] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+3/-0) [10:04] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1sbr+1uAZdaaG [10:04] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [10:04] schestowitz[TR2] @rdu [10:04] schestowitz[TR2] A failed company is still failed company in anyone's book. Not even an eff-up CEO like Alvind can fix that. It's another blemish on his already pathetic record. Expect him to be bending over on the Armonk lawn grabbing his ankles when the time comes. [10:04] schestowitz[TR2] 8 hours ago by Anonymous [10:04] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) [10:04] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1lin+1uAZdaaG [10:04] schestowitz[TR2] +7 [10:04] schestowitz[TR2] heard from a reliable source (executive) that the CIO will continue to thin out the ranks through mid 2025 and these plans are underway.. not sure what the strategy will be but there wont be enough folks to carry it out.. Guess the offshore strategy will march forward, and when it fails, we will get a new CEO that tries something else but alvind will go down as the turnaround CEO.... IBM is always playing catch up, never leading in [10:04] schestowitz[TR2] anything, and their AI product is severely lacking the competition.. i dont see how they bounce back from this.. [10:04] schestowitz[TR2] " [10:05] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uAnHnJt [10:05] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uAnHnJt ) [10:05] schestowitz[TR2] " [10:05] schestowitz[TR2] Every manager I worked with in my day at FnO was scared of making decisions. Either they went up to Cesar for even the smallest item or never made the decision causing delays. [10:05] schestowitz[TR2] 8 hours ago by Anonymous [10:05] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+5/-0) [10:05] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1vsg+1uAnHnJt [10:05] schestowitz[TR2] +5 [10:05] schestowitz[TR2] it's fail fast and fail often and no recovery from here on ... and it could not happen to a nicer set of duds at CIO FnO. They are nothing but a bunch of arrogant turds in the toilet bowl of IBM life. [10:05] schestowitz[TR2] Hasta La Vista, Baby ! [10:05] schestowitz[TR2] 8 hours ago by Anonymous [10:05] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+5/-0) [10:05] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1pub+1uAnHnJt [10:05] schestowitz[TR2] +11 [10:05] schestowitz[TR2] Plus, I've worked with my replacement and they are duds. [10:05] schestowitz[TR2] " [10:06] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uARCw3F [10:06] schestowitz[TR2] " Why IBM does not move headquarters to a cheaper country or region if the cost so important [10:06] schestowitz[TR2] Obviously they're only thinking about their own interests rather than the company's. [10:06] schestowitz[TR2] IBM will never have a leader like Gerstner again, nor will it have a future. " [10:06] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uARCw3F ) [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uApmqCy [10:08] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uApmqCy ) [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] " [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] AK said: Dinosaurs rejects from IBM will end up working at McDonalds [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] 7 hours ago by Anonymous [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+3/-1) [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1zlf+1uApmqCy [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] +5 [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] @xrl [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] Pretty soon, AK is gonna say "too many cheap and incompetent Indians running the IBM sh*tshow into the ground. Can you hire me some cheap Africans instead ? With all the imaginary AI running, they don't need to do much work and I can pay them even less than Indians." [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] 8 hours ago by Anonymous [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+5/-0) [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1ywl+1uApmqCy [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] +9 [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] AK said :Too many expensive IBM dinosaurs [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] 18 hours ago by Anonymous [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] | 11 reactions (+10/-1) [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @xrl+1uApmqCy [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] +8 [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] AK said: I will replace aging d_inosaurs with younger cheaper H1Bs; its just financial business [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] 19 hours ago by Anonymous [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] | 14 reactions (+11/-3) [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @hhp+1uApmqCy [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] +7 [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] They totally can, and have, RAed people who joined within 12 months. [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] 20 hours ago by Anonymous [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] | 7 reactions (+7/-0) [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @whh+1uApmqCy [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] +14 [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] Why dont they focus on the dead weight middle management ? Theyre just glorified administrators who are incapable of doing any real work. [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] Theyre good at scheduling meetings and using worn out buzz words and demanding we learn new skills while most of them probably are incapable of doing basic excel functions [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] 21 hours ago by Anonymous [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] | 18 reactions (+16/-2) [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @zhs+1uApmqCy [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] +12 [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] It's a real shame that IBM isn't led by a LLM. Obviously not one of ours - but AK really doesn't add anything that a markov chain couldn't replace him with for a fraction of his bonus. [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] | 14 reactions (+13/-1) [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @xql+1uApmqCy [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] +16 [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] The people laying you off are 5 levels above you and see you as a line in an Excel sheet. They see you merely as cost, rather than what you achieve for the company. And when, in 12 months time, when we're making less money - they'll fire more vital 'costs' in response. IBM are experts at repeatedly cannibalising itself to give the perception of long profitability. [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] It can't last forever, but the markets only see last quarter and next quarter. We're led by that, rather than anyone with any vision. [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] | 16 reactions (+16/-0) [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @jbo+1uApmqCy [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] +5 [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] They cant generally RA anyone who joined within 12 months. Also the experienced employees are probably higher bands, so $$$ [10:08] schestowitz[TR2] " [10:09] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uAFfScb [10:09] schestowitz[TR2] " [10:09] schestowitz[TR2] Give it time, it will eventually happen. Managers with zero or few direct reports are sometimes (but not always) given a choice: Switch to a non-managerial position of equal or possibly even lower band, or take their chances. If they take their chances, they are usually RA'd at the next quarter. [10:09] schestowitz[TR2] 8 hours ago by Anonymous [10:09] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions [10:09] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1gif+1uAFfScb [10:09] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [10:09] schestowitz[TR2] What surprise that the IBM US old boys and girls network is still going strong in IBM CIO ! Same old collusion as it always was for these managers. [10:09] schestowitz[TR2] However, the managers will have fewer reports (or no reports) to do the job in less than 30 days. Panic setting in ?? [10:09] schestowitz[TR2] And... they should be ready for the axe when it comes down again, because Alvind is gonna make sure the blade is going to sweep lower and cut more heads in the next round. You can run but you cannot hide, so get out while you still can with your heads and limbs intact. [10:09] schestowitz[TR2] It's corporate "Halloween" being acted out for CIO by the psycho CEO. With as cast of thousand clueless CIO managers. [10:09] schestowitz[TR2] 23 hours ago by Anonymous [10:09] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) [10:09] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @iff+1uAFfScb [10:09] schestowitz[TR2] +6 [10:09] schestowitz[TR2] The ataboy network. [10:09] schestowitz[TR2] " [10:09] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1utXXZvD [10:09] schestowitz[TR2] https://pensionrights.org/resource/what-happens-when-a-pension-is-transferred-to-an-insurance-company/ [10:09] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uAFfScb ) [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uy3E7Px [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] " [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] Youre right, corporations dont have a soul. Most people in todays world have the same mentality as that comment that asked why youd stay at a company for 26 years. I just passed my 25th anniversary this year and the number of teams and projects Ive been on have varied so much it was almost like I worked at 10 different companies. I think what surprises me more is that there are people like me who chose to stay with I [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] BM despite getting paid in peanuts compared to moving around. I guess Im just lazy :) [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] 11 hours ago by Lazy IBMer [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @2icn+1uy3E7Px [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] I really do not want to sound offensive. I understand getting laid off is a stressful thing. But, why did you stay at IBM for such a long time, i.e., 26 years? There have been so many good new companies that have risen during that time. Why did you never switch and try to gain some new different experience? Maybe you preferred to stay in your comfort zone too long? [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] Again sorry about all those people getting laid off, but I really believe staying 26 years in one company is way too long, especially knowing that the company has not been doing very well over the past few decades. [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] " [10:10] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1utXXZvD ) [10:10] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pensionrights.org | What happens when a pension is transferred to an insurance company? - Pension Rights Center [10:10] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uy3E7Px ) [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1use0sUm [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] " [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] Too bad so many people are impacted, I remember having to let people go in the 90's and just this week. I've had, like many people on this forum to say goodbye to many friends that I've worked with over the years. Very sad days .... good luck to everyone. [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] 10 hours ago by Hoping4btrdays [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @8tko+1use0sUm [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] IBM did a 360 [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] Is this a reference to mainframe? [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] Or that IBM spun around and we ended up exactly where we started? [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] 16 hours ago by Anonymous [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @8sah+1use0sUm [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] I am hearing IBM is targeting bands 8 and 9 for the layoffs. This might explain why they are only hiring at band 7 or less in the global markets. Guessing each of the market General Managers have known about this RA for quite some time and that is why the band 7 or lower hire mandate was in place. [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] Saw where RAs this week is under the code name of Falcon. Some jobs are moving to India as well. [10:10] schestowitz[TR2] " [10:11] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1use0sUm ) [10:26] schestowitz[TR2]
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    GNOME 47 Desktop Environment Released, Heres Whats New
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    Six months after the launch of version 46, GNOME 47 Denver was released today and is now available for anyone interested in trying it. Like the recent versions, it doesnt introduce earth-shattering changes but offers a solid build on top of the already available ones.

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    Of course, GNOME 47 brings enough new stuff to improve its overall user experience and functionality, making this new desktop environment version worth updating for all its users. Lets take a look at whats new.

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    Sparky 7.5 Drops with Updated Packages
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    The team behind the lightweight Debian-based Linux distro Sparky announced the release of version 7.5, the fifth update in the Sparky 7 Orion Belt series.

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    Based on and fully compatible with Debian 12 Bookworm, Sparky 7.5 offers a stable and reliable OS that can run efficiently on both new and old hardware and offers various desktop environments, making it a customizable choice for different tastes and preferences.

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Happens all the time when you have fools running the [13:23] schestowitz[TR2] corner offices. [13:23] schestowitz[TR2] And so, another seller got rich at Alvin's expense since IBM spent $4.6 Billion (yes Billion !) buying Apptio. As they say, money talks and BS walks. [13:23] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Sep 20 [17:21] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@gcs5ikfy64ubg.irc) has joined #techbytes [17:24] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uBbOjMq [17:24] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uBbOjMq ) [17:24] schestowitz[TR2] " [17:24] schestowitz[TR2] I wonder what would have happened if IBM didn't sc--w up by overpromising Watson, and instead poured as much resources into it as it did into blockchain. [17:24] schestowitz[TR2] 23 minutes ago by Anonymous [17:24] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions [17:24] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @cmp+1uBbOjMq [17:24] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [17:24] schestowitz[TR2] IBM isn't really going all in on AI. Look, we don't have a single product internally that's able to do the jobs of the people we laid off earlier this year. AskHR is a joke; AskIbm is a technology demo that does not do a single useful thing - and is completely hampered by stinginess and a lack of imagination. The latter su-ks beyond all belief. [17:24] schestowitz[TR2] Arvind is all-in on moving as many jobs as he can, including more jobs than he should, to India. AI allows him to generate propaganda for technology we do not yet have, to bump the stock price up while he executes his real strategy. He has no imagination, no vision, no talent; he is looking simply to get the stock as high as be can before he dumps it. He will leave IBM far worse than he found it. [17:24] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Sep 20 [18:09] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uApmqCy [18:09] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uApmqCy ) [18:09] schestowitz[TR2] " [18:09] schestowitz[TR2] AK said: I got selected by the board to be CEO to offshore US jobs to India etc..; If I dont move high paying jobs to India, Mexico etc, IBM will go bankrupt , and I will lose my jobs and my $ millions from compensation [18:09] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Sep 20 [19:16] *Kermit has quit (*.net *.split) [19:16] *logbackup has quit (*.net *.split) [19:16] *lightbringer has quit (*.net *.split) [19:16] *schestowitz-TR2 has quit (*.net *.split) [19:16] *Techrights-sec2 has quit (*.net *.split) [19:16] *logbackup (~quassel@freenode-50vmi7.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #techbytes [19:16] *Kermit (sid393220@freenode/user/kermit) has joined #techbytes [19:16] *Techrights-sec2 (~quassel@freenode-50vmi7.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #techbytes [19:16] *lightbringer (mincer@freenode/user/lightbringer) has joined #techbytes [19:16] *schestowitz-TR2 (~acer-box@freenode/user/schestowitz) has joined #techbytes [19:23] *Guest14678 (~Guest1467@freenode-drv.aab.2jssns.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 20 [20:51] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.0.0 Aria http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Sep 20 [21:39] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uz6XD8C [21:39] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uz6XD8C ) [21:39] schestowitz[TR2] " [21:39] schestowitz[TR2] that the sole purpose of corporations is to increase value to the shareholders [21:39] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2013/06/26/the-origin-of-the-worlds-d-mbest-idea-milton-friedman/ [21:39] schestowitz[TR2] It is noteworthy that the CEO of the world's most valuable company told an investor they should exit the stock if they actually believe that. [21:39] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/tim-cook-to-eco-sceptic-shareholders-put-up-or-shut-up/ [21:39] schestowitz[TR2] Of course IBM management completely believes this cr-p, just like all the other buzzword hype BS they constantly pivot the company towards. We are doomed. [21:39] schestowitz[TR2] 40 minutes ago by Anonymous [21:39] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions [21:39] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @2nor+1uz6XD8C [21:39] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [21:39] schestowitz[TR2] After 24 years with IBM I nearly lost my job at IBM last year due to low sales in 2022 when my territory had a high sales rep turnover and as a tech sales specialist I rely on sales reps to find new opps so we can work together to close them. I have great empathy for those impacted by this layoff. [21:39] schestowitz[TR2] I hearken back to what I was taught in business school that the sole purpose of corporations is to increase value to the shareholders, no shareholders, no company. [21:39] schestowitz[TR2] That said, I think many cuts I've seen over the years have been done without consideration of skills of those they cut, which over the long haul reduces shareholder value because without an experienced and skilled workforce, productivity decreases. [21:39] schestowitz[TR2] During the Palmisano and Rometty years there were massive layoffs primarily in the US to fund share buybacks. In the short term this increases stock prices, but its akin to burning the furniture to keep your house warm. They were also responding to changes in the global markets where IBM increased hiring in APAC where potential growth was increasing and reduced headcount in the US where growth was waning. [21:39] schestowitz[TR2] " [21:39] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 404 @ https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2013/06/26/the-origin-of-the-worlds-d-mbest-idea-milton-friedman/ ) [21:39] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Tim Cook to eco-sceptic shareholders: 'Put up or shut up' - CNET