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[13:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kvy2p3bg#replies
[13:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[13:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	If anyone reports the troll, also mention the shape of his mouth to help identify him. It's shaped like this: *
[13:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	16 hours ago by Anonymous
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[13:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @zq+1kvy2p3bg
[13:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	 +6 
[13:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	@z1 Uh-oh troll boy. Yer sc--wed now.
[13:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	19 hours ago by Anonymous
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[13:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @z2+1kvy2p3bg
[13:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	 +6 
[13:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	I agree that the IBM troll here has violated BCG and other IBM trainings about the project about incentives development he/she/they/them plan with the inane watsonx. You should never discuss externally that which IBM is working on internally. Anyone here or inside IBM or outside IBM can send an email on this to an IBM ethics (how is that for an oxymoron!) email below
[13:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	If you have a concern about potentially unlawful or unethical conduct or suspect there has been a violation of IBMs Business Conduct Guidelines, IBM wants to know. You can reach Risk, Compliance and Integrity at trustww@us.ibm.com.
[13:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	trustww@us.ibm.com
[13:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	I do think someone should report this.
[13:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	In addition since this person also shared they are band 6, US based, in F&O than that data should be reported to speed up finding this person and ultimately firing them for BCG violations.
[13:21]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kw3yd492#replies
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	" IBM India HR liar-bot rage-bait troll shill spanky-pants id--t loser parasite : you appear to have insanity issues and should seek professional help immediately. Tell your sugar Daddies, Arvind and Krabanaugh to check you into the nearest mental asylum used by Dead Gerbil.
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	3 hours ago by Anonymous
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[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @qx+1kw3yd492
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	 +2 
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	Bob says. Divide by zero exception.
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kw79z6k3#replies
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	Watsonx
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	1 hour ago by Anonymous
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[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @jd+1kw79z6k3
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	 +3 
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	@ee After reading the original posting and your response, I felt that you were being most uncharitable regarding IBM innovations. However, let me tell you about one particular machine that I will always remember from my IBM days...the PS/2 Model 55SX.
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	This machine was unremarkable in most aspects...a Micro Channel motherboard, an Intel 386SX processor, 3.5 inch floppy disk, 50 MB or so hard disk, VGA graphics. We're talking about a PC from 1989-1992 or something like that.
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	At the time, what struck me as id--tic was the placement of the power switch. The 55SX had a front-mounted power toggle "switch", and a rear-mounted power supply. The power supply in the rear had its own toggle switch, and to actuate it there was this metal wire that connected the front toggle mechanism to the real toggle switch in the power supply at the rear.
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	So as you flipped the front toggle "switch" on and off, all you'd be doing is moving a piece of plastic, then the front-to-back wire, then the real toggle switch on the power supply.
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	This kludge told me all that I needed to know about IBM's vaunted list of accolades.
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	9 hours ago by Anonymous
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[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @gw+1kw79z6k3
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	 +6 
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	Cloud pak for data and their clones: Watsonx.data and IBM software hub. Not software with some bugs, more like bugs with some software.
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	9 hours ago by Anonymous
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[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @gv+1kw79z6k3
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	 +6 
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	Ask Watson rofl!
[13:22]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kw87hnak#replies
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	Alderon A Quantum Wafer Foundry! with no fabs
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	40 minutes ago by Anonymous
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[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @gw+1kw87hnak
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	OP is clairvoyant. They speak about a meeting that won't take place for another month - 7/26. (Someone had to point this out...)
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	1 hour ago by Nostradamus
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[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @gp+1kw87hnak
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	@dw :
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	I never thought abuse of H1 was that rampant - Not only take away the jobs of US citizens but also shut down the voice that we would have raised. This is part of a bigger plot to gradually eliminate senior level folks who could have asked some tough questions, by PIPing them out, and bring in junior level guys who would be forever grateful to IBM for they could find someone in this tough market to offer employment.
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	12 hours ago by Anonymous
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[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @er+1kw87hnak
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	Should someone contact DHS and invite ICE to Albany ?
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	Seems like an immigration style racket running there courtesy of Arvind Krispy-Kreme and his Pipmunks.
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	12 hours ago by Anonymous
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[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @eq+1kw87hnak
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	Bob says no need to worry. Nothing to see here.
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	13 hours ago by Anonymous
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[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @ej+1kw87hnak
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	@d9 What did you expect? The culture in Albany has become deeply conditioned and brainwashed or groomed. A huge portion of the workforce is on work visas, so very few are willing to speak out publicly or challenge leadership. When your immigration status depends on your employer, staying quiet often feels like the safest option. It modern day indentured servitude.
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	Thats why so many of the behaviors people complain about continue unchecked. Leadership knows theres little risk of internal pushback because most people simply cant afford to rock the boat. So it continues. They have eat sh-t, smile, thank the leadership and ask for more - or else! Same leaders with their same favorites pulling the same cr-p- wash, rinse, repeat.
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	16 hours ago by Anonymous
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[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @dw+1kw87hnak
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	Nobody is answering the question the op asked
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	19 hours ago by Anonymous
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[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @d9+1kw87hnak
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	I am re-posting a message, magically deleted few minutes ago:
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	IBM is the most mismanaged company in the last quarter century compared to
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	AMD, NVDIA, APPLE, MICROSOFT, .... . Even Intel ended up being in a better shape.
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	Compare these companies for the last 25 years.
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	The verdict is clear, IBM is mismanaged and run by a cabal of incompetents and thieves.
[13:23]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
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[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kw5ex3nc#replies
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	"but you can't do anything about it, can you IBM India HR liar-bot rage-bait troll shill spanky-pants id--t loser parasite ?
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	How are those Internet videos selling ?
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	LOL
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	34 minutes ago by Anonymous
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[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @nr+1kw5ex3nc
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	 +4 
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	@km Congratulations on a well executed job !
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	You might even beat Arvind and his executives at the theft game when they steal jobs and raises from US employees.
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	You should now consider taking a fridge home as the next challenge exercise. There no cameras anywhere at the regular IBM office facilities, except in the restrooms. The prevert, IBM India HR liar-bot rage-bait troll shill spanky-pants id--t loser parasite instaleld them and likes to to record and watch. When asked, he claims that he's doing this to get another IBM Security badge.
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	3 hours ago by Anonymous
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[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @n8+1kw5ex3nc
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	 -2 
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	@km
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	I can not believe you are proud of that. Aren't there security cameras? you should return that
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	11 hours ago by Anonymous
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[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	 +5 
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	@jt Oh goodie! More things to steal. Today I stole a microwave oven from one of my IBM sites. I couldn't believe it just fit in my extra large food delivery backpack. Now I can get rid of my old cr-ppy one. Thank you IBM!
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	12 hours ago by Anonymous
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[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	 +6 
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	@jt :
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	Agreed - IBM India HR liar-bot rage-bait troll shill spanky-pants id--t loser parasite can take turns to answer the call of nature on these statues.
[13:25]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
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[20:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kw79z6k3#replies
[20:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	" most useless IBM product - how about those fabled Quantum chips that Arvind keeps mumbling about ? Will they ever see the light of day ? Not in a billion years. They are the most fantastically useless pieces of sh-t that would be fabricated and they would burn up immediately on the IBM factory floor without even operating for a nanosecond.
[20:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	That's Arvind's legacy to the IBM shareholders, investors and to the world, since he, the smug faced Dario Gil and the Pipmunks collect share of 1 billion dollars from the US government.
[20:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	Of course, IBM India HR liar-bot rage-bait troll shill spanky-pants id--t loser parasite will be there to collect his share of the loot too with his failed IBM badges and ask for his promotion (or rather demotion) to be janitor to his sugar daddies, Arvind and Krabanaugh.
[20:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	1 hour ago by Anonymous
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[20:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	Post ID: @ks+1kw79z6k3
[20:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	 +3 
[20:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	Does IBM even still sell Cloud Paks? They were always just bundles of old sh!t with a new name, but I haven't heard them mentioned in forever.
[20:53]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[20:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kw5ex3nc#replies
[20:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
[20:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	@n8 What a great idea! One of my IBM sites does have a little refrigerator I could use. And I think there's an accessible trash area outside the building. I could stay late, empty the refrigerator, unplug it, and put a sign on it that says "TRASH - Remove to outdoor trash pickup area immediately." The next morning I arrive with a car to get it. Cameras would be an issue, so I'd wear Groucho Marx glasses.
[20:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	6 hours ago by Anonymous
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[20:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	 -3 
[20:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	@n8
[20:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	At this point, some of these comments aren't about improving IBMthey're about normalizing taking company property. Whether it's chairs, office supplies, or now joking about taking a refrigerator, that's not "sticking it to management." It's encouraging conduct that would violate company policy and could cost someone their job.
[20:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	7 hours ago by Anonymous
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[20:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	Bob Palmers attempted strategy for turning DEC around was two fold; 1. sell off pieces of the company bit by bit, 2. betting the bank on the Alpha chip technology and hoping ISVs and OEMs would develop products based on the chip technology. That never happened, Yes, I was there and at IBM as well and I can say the leadership at DEC was much more technical than IBM leadership. DEC also floundered under Ken Olson for strategic decisi
[20:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	ons not to move fast to the PC market and Unix market. Ken was an engineer at heart and very technical but he was stubborn and had his own opinions.
[20:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	7 hours ago by Anonymous
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[20:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	 +2 
[20:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	@jd but you can't do anything about it, can you IBM India HR liar-bot rage-bait troll shill spanky-pants id--t loser parasite ?
[20:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	How are those Internet videos selling ?
[20:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	LOL
[20:54]	schestowitz[TR2]	"
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[21:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	""IBM never planned to replace jobs with AI, the execs were avoiding embarrassment and scrutiny by saying the same thing all execs have been saying for the last 4 years.
[21:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	Since 2023, when IBM froze hiring, they went on a spending spree: Hashicorp for 6+B$, Confluent for 11B$, Appito for 4+B$, DataStax for (probably?) 2+B$.
[21:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	Lets not forget the 34B$ they spent on acquiring Red Hat in 2019!
[21:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	All this while laying off thousands: in November alone, they announced a 1% cut globally, impacting 3,000 people.
[21:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	One thing to keep in mind is that IBM is a very very old computer business. Companies today still pay IBM per-cpu-licensing fees for their on prem giant monolithic COBOL mainframes! There are whole other businesses with the only purpose of mainframe modernization where they try to get you off IBMs proprietary COBOL and onto the JVM so you can save some money!
[21:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	While very lucrative for IBM and expensive for customers, their hardware business is dying on the vine and cant keep up with the move to cloud. Theyve definitely tried to bring COBOL to the cloud, but massive, stateful, monolithic, requires 96gb of ram to run a query systems generally dont translate well to the world of stateless cloud infra.
[21:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	IBM also made a terrible bet 15 years ago on early Watson systems, presuming that AI systems would be deterministic with hundreds of thousands of hand crafted facts hard coded into it.
[21:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	They spent billions on Watson only to divest it as Watson Health and sell it off to private equity in 2022 for scraps, officially signaling they lost the early AI race to upstarts like OpenAI.
[21:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	So, they massively fumbled both hardware and AI. And now they are trying to play catch up with mergers and acquisitions. If the M&As, layoffs, and new blood hiring tell you anything, its that IBM is leaning very hard into the cloud and AI future.
[21:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	So, remember!! Its so much easier to say AI is taking jobs! Were freezing hiring! Oh no! and markets go ah yeah, makes sense
[21:49]	schestowitz[TR2]	Vs. were spending billions on new business units and laying off or pushing out old talent because we failed