New Rumours of IBM Layoffs in 2025, IBM Consulting Still Struggles, Based on Management
IBM is in a constant state of layoffs, so it's not hard to predict more to come. The main question is where, when, and how many impacted. As noted a week ago, we're meant to expect thousands of layoffs at IBM this year. The CEO admitted this, but shyly (in minutes).
The new thread above speaks of "something interesting happening" because of a canceled meeting tomorrow (that'd be later today). "Probably layoffs brewing," the first comment says. "But seems a little early for that. Layoffs are usually March timeframe."
This report from Bloomberg is paywalled, but part of it says: "Consulting, a division that has struggled in recent quarters, will grow ahead of the market, Kavanaugh said. “The consulting market is going through a transition with the technological shift of GenAI.”"
"Hey hi" (AI) has been a common excuse for business failure; Salesforce is the latest to be done that. As a reminder, IBM Consulting was already impacted months ago, based on the "evil tongues" (word) from the grapevine.
The Wall Street media pretends all is well:
They almost always say that, even when growing their debt and firing many workers. Who sets those "expectations"? Themselves. This was in the news 2 days ago:
Would you apply for a job in such a company? █