Cannot Speak About IBM Wrongdoing or Jobs Being Sent Overseas (Lower Salaries)
The "quantum" hype (bubble) is deflating and IBM Common Stock is set to open in the 270s ($279.58). People inside the company very well know that the management is lying to the press or in the press, but they cannot safely speak out about it. IBM has found some youngsters to spread vapourware gossip in social control media in exchange for swag or "access".
Is this a way to run a company?
Wrongdoing and whistleblowers are discussed this week in relation to IBM. 12 hours ago someone said the culture of accountability at IBM ended in the 1990s. To quote: "Sad. Back in the day IBM had 2 amazing employee pgms that were ENCOURAGED to be used and were awesome. Of course Gerstner burned them. 1. SPEAK UP Pgm. Just like it states; you could SPEAK UP at any time TO ANYONE IF YOU HAD AN ISSUE etc at IBM. Course this was before PCs and internet etc but in virtually every hallway at IBM on the wall was a bunch of forms and envelopes and you just grabbed one and filled it out and put it in internal mail. ALL WERE REPLIED TO. 2. OPEN DOOR POLICY. Similar and complements SPEAK UP, you could reequest a mtg with anyone at anytime up to and including the CEO if you had a real beef and getting nowhere. ZERO RETALIATION for either pgm. Seems so bizarre compared to IBM today but they were amazing and IBM morale was 10,000% better than today because: you had pgms to use with confidence and you knew no retaliation and all were RSVP'd to. This was up to 4-1-93 when Gerstner came in and he was pompous and arrogant and did not want employees speaking their minds. Hop on the Lou train and keep your head down and mouth shut. SMH."
We've meanwhile caught some folks feeding a troll who portrays the raiders as the victims. "Where is Arvind's humanity," one comment said, "and where was Gerstner's, when they fired thousands and raked in millions? The first doesn't speak; he spews lies with his razor tongue. The second rests but not in peace, for the ground around his grave still bubbles with disgust and disdain."
"Hey Pipmunk," said another, "how much are IBM executives paying them per hour to discuss Quantum and AI while we are subjected to wage theft as IBM would just hand over PIP to avoid the severance payment?"
They're basically attacking discussion forums by filling them with rage-bait, or in effect derailing them for many regulars (they won't come back, it leads to negative feelings).
Even online forums with anonymous whistleblowers seem to be purging stories:
We're meanwhile seeing (in recent hours) many more IBM departures and some are involuntary:
IBM has long attacked the media, the whistleblowers, and even online forums, as to criticise IBM is "racist" (it used to be "sexist" under the previous CEO). On top of that there are illegal NDAs; IBM uses these to curtail criticism from former staff. █