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[06:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	"On the agenda: Salary Erosion Procedure, Breastfeeding Policy, New Amicale Framework, Public Holidays 2027
[06:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	Dear Colleagues,
[06:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	The General Consultative Committee (GCC) met by videoconference on 24 February and 23 April 2026. The following items were on the agenda of the meetings and the CSC members of the GCC raised their concerns and tried to get further clarifications:
[06:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	    Orientations for a new salary adjustment procedure pursuant to Article 12(2) of the Implementing Rule for Article 64 of the Service Regulations - for consultation GCC/DOC 04/2026
[06:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	    Procedure for adjusting the remuneration of employees of the European Patent Office Amendments to Article 64 of the Service Regulations and the Implementing Rule for Article 64 of the Service Regulations for permanent and other employees of the EPO for consultation GCC/DOC 05/2026
[06:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	    Breastfeeding policy for consultation GCC/DOC 06/2026
[06:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	    Circular No. 435 - Public holidays 2027 for consultation GCC/DOC 07/2026
[06:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	    Circular No. 436 - New Amicale Framework for consultation GCC/DOC 08/2026
[06:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	    Office-wide organisational adjustments 2026 stream 3 for information GCC/DOC 9/2026
[06:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	
[06:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	The CSC members of the GCC provided the following opinions on the new salary adjustment procedure:
[06:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	    Opinion on GCC/DOC 04/2026
[06:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	    Opinion on GCC/DOC 05/2026
[06:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	Read more in the GCC minutes of 24 February. The minutes of the GCC of 23 April are still pending approval.
[06:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	The other detailed comments and opinions by the CSC members of the GCC are annexed to this paper.
[06:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	Sincerely yours,
[06:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	The Central Staff Committee "
● May 30
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ksthyjjv
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	May 29 - $297.80
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	5 hours ago by Anonymous
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	| 2 reactions (+1/-1) | Reply
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @b7+1ksthyjjv
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	 +1 
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	@b2 oh yes you're from that land of losers, an IBM India HR bot.
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	I like to put bots in their place like you in their place which is to serve all of us on this charming Web site. Obviously you have a thick skull filled with bile, vomit, hate, spleen and vitriol. What a fantastic combination ! LOL.
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	Did you kiss Arvind's b-m today ?
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	6 hours ago by Anonymous
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[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @b4+1ksthyjjv
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	 -1 
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	@ay
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	You sound like a very sad person. Constantly angry, full of hate bile and vitriol
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	I am not from India
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	Why are you spewing lies?
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	6 hours ago by Anonymous
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[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @b2+1ksthyjjv
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	 +4 
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	@ag who are you, stoopid IBM India HR Bot, to tell anyone to get to get off Arvind's case and elsewhere to work. Are you Arvind's personal ball carrier ? Or are you some pathetic unenlightened Indian demigod who works in IBM HR and is out of touch with reality ?
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	Once again you are missing critically correct words from your pathetic response - spleens and bile - to be exact. You need to a PIP immediately and a demotion to Band 4 with 50% cut in your salary to follow. Why is it that losers like you think they are getting onward and upward, when they are thoroughly unskilled (like you), and not even fit to work in Krabanaugh's second class br----l in Begaluru ?
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	How is your devout, church going first line doing with your mother and your sister ? When is the movie of their combined exploits coming out on line ? When is the Premiere online showing ? Is it possible to attend the Premiere and count the number of IBM Badges that you have collected by cheating at the IBM classes ? Will Arvind also be there at the movie Premiere ? No doubt he will looking for hosting your mother and sister too, a
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	s he would like a night out with them sometime - with all the money he has been stealing from laid off IBM employees, Arvind can afford to get a long night out with two women for the price of one. After all, it's common knowledge, he is trying to get away from the shrew who calls herself his wife. Will you also take up acting in these action movies sometime and can we have your autograph sometime ?
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	7 hours ago by Anonymous
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[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @ay+1ksthyjjv
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[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	@a7 I heard pips you get 4 weeks severance often
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	7 hours ago by Anonymous
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[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @av+1ksthyjjv
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	 +6 
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	@ag - In response to your stupid statement: "Get off Arvinds case. If you don't like IBM. Then find somewhere else to work".
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	IBM is neither your family or Alvind, the slimy Indian blood su-king parasite, farm, to decide, who should or should not work, there.
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	Go back to your native India and enjoy your cast system.
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	Your comments are offensive and you should be banned from posting on a LAYOFF forum.
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	8 hours ago by Anonymous
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[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @aq+1ksthyjjv
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	 +9 
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	@ag IBMers have the right to voice our opinion. I speak for every IBMer who has their eyes open when I say that Alvind is the worst CEO this company has had. He only cares about 2 things: shareholders and his multimillion dollar payouts. Meanwhile, the rest of us wont even get a cost of living raise. Yeah what a Fing hero he is.
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	9 hours ago by Anonymous
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[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @ah+1ksthyjjv
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	 -11 
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	@a7
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	Is everything doom gloom and negativity with some of you? This is great news for IBM
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	Why all the melancholy and bitterness here?
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	Hate and vitriol has consumed the souls of some of you
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	Get off Arvinds case. If you don't like IBM. Then find somewhere else to work
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	9 hours ago by Anonymous
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[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @ag+1ksthyjjv
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	 +8 
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	@a7
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	No worries, the price jump is not going to last. IBM financial branch is performing a buy back, so the slimy Indian blood su-king parasite can sell his lot at high price. Monday shall prove this.
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	9 hours ago by Anonymous
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[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @ae+1ksthyjjv
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	 +10 
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	So Alvind and the Pipmunks over-promise (lie) about the next "big thing" which causes stock prices to bump up a little, then once the market finds out that its all vaporware, the price will fall once again, and he will have to find new ways to make money. Maybe this year in addition to the RAs with no severance (PIPs) he'll tell us all we're not getting raises and instead we'll get a 1 year membership to the jelly of the month club
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	. F Alvind, F the Pipmunks, and F.U. useless troll.
[08:10]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
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[13:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ksvwnmkq#replies
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[13:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[13:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	The B in IBM stands for big bad Bob.
[13:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	2 minutes ago by Anonymous
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[13:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	Correct this bump is artificial. Its not built actual substantive content but just buzz. It will crash back down once the hype dies down. This is actually what IBM is good at. Hype and buzz but never actually producing on the promises
[13:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	18 minutes ago by Anonymous
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[13:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	IBM is no Intel. The only product worth within IBM portfolio is Z and P. The rest is stuff and fluff.
[13:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	Intel has hardware know-how. It can be leveraged.
[13:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	22 minutes ago by Anonymous
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[13:04]	schestowitz[TR2]	the stock is going up
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[16:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	"The number of AI-written code submissions to the Linux Kernel is skyrocketing.
[16:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	Total, weekly AI-generated submissions has jumped from 0 (zero) for the first week of February... to over 400 per week at the end of May.
[16:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	Over 2,000 AI-generated Linux Kernel patches in the last 45 days alone.
[16:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	And the reality is... the true numbers are likely larger.
[16:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	In January, Linux Kernel developers standardized on a mechanism for tagging patches which were "assisted by" AI tools.
[16:08]	schestowitz[TR2]	This reporting is based entirely on the honor system.  It is entirely possible that many developers are using AI to develop Linux Kernel components without choosing to tag their contributions as AI."
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