IBM Layoffs in 2025: Rumours Say Even Managers Will Get the Axe, Some Via Loopholes Like PIP and/or RTO (Preparations Already Underway)
Who's getting the boot next?
Some background: PIP (Performance Improvement Plan) as an Instrumental But Largely Hidden (From the Public) Extra Layer of IBM's Workforce Reductions | R.T.O. is Another Name (or Acronym) for Voluntary Layoffs
R.T.O. at IBM: (also see "IBM Layoffs (or Replacement With Low-Cost Labourers) Far Greater Than Reported by IBM")
From the past 24 hours:
There are some rumours floating online about IBM layoffs in the making. Some people inside IBM can see things and some merely hear things (it's really hard to police or muzzle the 'grapevine'). We wrote about this before (e.g. "More IBM Layoffs (2025)" and "More Details Emerge About Upcoming Long-Rumoured Layoffs at IBM") and the above - only hours old - says "after the 2024 q4 earnings call on January 29th [...] the numbers are not good, axe will fall soon after."
Brace for impact:
Where does IBM's money go? Promoting a Ponzi scheme in the media, running IBM "interviews" in exchange for payments:
That was just earlier today. █