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| schestowitz[TR2] | General Assembly on Thursday 7 May, 14.00 hrs, MS Teams | May 11 03:15 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | "Dear Colleagues, | May 11 03:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The Local Staff Committee Munich invites all staff to a General Assembly on Thursday 7 May, at 14.00 hrs to be held via MS Teams. | May 11 03:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Agenda: | May 11 03:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Salary Erosion Procedure – The Fight Continues | May 11 03:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | AOB | May 11 03:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | In the General Assembly, we will present the Central Staff Committee (CSC) opinion on the planned new salary adjustment procedure. According to simulations over the period 2014-2025, the proposal still shows a double digit loss in purchasing power for all places of employment without any financial justification in view of the excellent results and surpluses of the EPO. | May 11 03:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The trade union SUEPO continues with the industrial action plan to fight the erosion of salaries, pensions and benefits with | May 11 03:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Work-to-Rule actions, | May 11 03:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Days of strike on Friday 8 May, Monday 11 May and Friday 15 May | May 11 03:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Two days of strike per week (Mondays and Fridays) in May and June | May 11 03:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Please consider moving conflicting meetings in order to have the opportunity to join the General Assembly. | May 11 03:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Join us online and ask your questions." | May 11 03:18 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kqzn1a3g#replies | May 11 05:37 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | ""So was this years IBM THINK a big bust?" | May 11 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Hopefully not, because typically it is after THINK that work gets busy... at least in Services. If THINK was a bust then that does not bode well for the rest of the year. | May 11 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | In the US, we have yet to see any layoffs... no doubt they are coming! | May 11 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 7 hours ago by Anonymous | May 11 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply | May 11 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @vs+1kqzn1a3g | May 11 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 0 | May 11 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | So was this years IBM THINK a big bust? Not worth the money to put on? ROI? | May 11 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kr4jq0y8#replies | May 11 05:38 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | " | May 11 05:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Really? Now we have people talking like they are at a bar? | May 11 05:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Mr Gerstner would be appalled to see these comments | May 11 05:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Arvind and his executive team would not approve either. I am trying to learn as much as I can and we have juvenile jokes. | May 11 05:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 7 hours ago by Anonymous | May 11 05:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 9 reactions (+0/-9) | Reply | May 11 05:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @k6+1kr4jq0y8 | May 11 05:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @jr Bob, i didn't know you were a comedian too. Amazing. | May 11 05:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 9 hours ago by Anonymous | May 11 05:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply | May 11 05:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @jx+1kr4jq0y8 | May 11 05:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @js better go easy on those badges. They'll cause your palms to grow hair. | May 11 05:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 9 hours ago by Anonymous | May 11 05:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 7 reactions (+7/-0) | Reply | May 11 05:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @jw+1kr4jq0y8 | May 11 05:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @jk I’m not calling everyone who disagrees with me a “shill.” I’m calling you a shill, because that’s what you are. | May 11 05:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | May 11 05:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kr24aeev#replies | May 11 05:39 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "And you are a corporate shill who uses AI generated bullsh-t pretending to be a motivated employee. Why don't you take all your cr-p and shove it back up your a-s. You ought to be ashamed of yourself for coming to this LAYOFF site defending the "hard choices" the execs have to make. Boo fu--ing hoo. Try getting laid off for no good reason and having to secure money, insurance, a new job, etc. all with a layoff skeleton in closet. | May 11 05:39 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Until you've done that, and your time will come, STFU. I mean really, SHUT THE FU-K UP! | May 11 05:39 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 2 hours ago by Anonymous | May 11 05:39 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply | May 11 05:39 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @rf+1kr24aeev | May 11 05:39 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +2 | May 11 05:39 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @q2 okay, well, they're really really good at su-king | May 11 05:39 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | May 11 05:39 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kr26x6x5#replies | May 11 05:39 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | " | May 11 05:39 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | That’s fine just as long as Albany is unaffected. Everyone else can get fu---d | May 11 05:39 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "\ | May 11 05:39 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kr4jq0y8#replies | May 11 18:29 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | "" | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | no, it was your post, so aggressive and critical of my friends here, it made me feel awful. I just lost all motivation to do anything positive for this awful company. Now I don't like starbucks because they're like coffee IBM but here I am, sipping a latte, getting revenge | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 1 hour ago by Anonymous | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 3 reactions (+2/-1) | Reply | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @ps+1kr4jq0y8 | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | -3 | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @pk | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | If one post convinced you to quit working for the day, that’s not my post’s fault. That’s a performance issue wearing a coffee badge. | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 1 hour ago by Anonymous | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 3 reactions (+0/-3) | Reply | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @pp+1kr4jq0y8 | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +2 | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @pj ya know, i'm on my way to the office right now and planned on putting in a full day but after reading your post i've decided to coffee badge. Way to go, shill-mo | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 2 hours ago by Anonymous | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @pk+1kr4jq0y8 | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | -3 | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @pd | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The “Indian intern” line tells me this is less about IBM strategy and more about personal resentment. Lou Gerstner did not “sell IBM’s soul.” He helped stop the company from collapsing when it was in real danger. You can dislike consulting culture, layoffs, and executive compensation without rewriting history. IBM is not perfect, but calling it a “corpse” while it continues competing in hybrid cloud, AI, mainframe, co | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | nsulting, security, and enterprise technology is emotional theater, not analysis. Criticism is fair. Bitter mythology is not. | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 2 hours ago by Anonymous | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 3 reactions (+0/-3) | Reply | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @pj+1kr4jq0y8 | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +3 | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | It is cute that our little Indian Intern thinks we would have cared about what "Mr. Gertsner" would have thoug" | May 11 18:29 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1krapms83#replies | May 11 18:35 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | " | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @bg how many patents you file? Any OTAAs? | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 59 minutes ago by Anonymous | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @c6+1krapms83 | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +3 | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @bb Actually calling IBM toxic and run by incompetence is a sign that the person who posted those remarks has been with the company long enough to understand how the company actually runs. Maybe you shouldn't be such a boot l!cker. | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 hours ago by Anonymous | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @br+1krapms83 | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +7 | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Anyone who has that much time to accumulate that many badges should be laid off. Honestly, it is a red flag that someone is dead weight and should be cut loose. This has always been true not just under Arvind's War on Experts. I hope our little Indian Intern gets an important life lesson soon. | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 hours ago by Anonymous | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 7 reactions (+7/-0) | Reply | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bn+1krapms83 | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +5 | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @bg | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Why do you still post here and waste your time? Don’t you think you should spend more time working on your badges?!? | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Nobody cares or wants to hear about your badges. Badges are for id--ts a d you are obviously the top id--t with your 75 badges! Get a life before you get laid off from IBM. | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 hours ago by Anonymous | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 5 reactions (+5/-0) | Reply | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bm+1krapms83 | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +5 | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Doesn't surprise me that big layoffs are coming with the stock price in free fall. It's the usual playbook for IBM's feckless management. Instead of corralling the talented engineers and developing something original, all they do is react to the market and what other companies are doing. This place is a reed in the wind. | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 5 reactions (+5/-0) | Reply | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bk+1krapms83 | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | -9 | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @bd | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | I have 31 badges and over 75 hours of Think 40 learning. How is that incompetent? | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 9 reactions (+0/-9) | Reply | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bg+1krapms83 | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +2 | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @bb you're an incompetent shill. Go play with your badges. | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 5 hours ago by Anonymous | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 6 reactions (+4/-2) | Reply | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bd+1krapms83 | May 11 18:35 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | This is just a circlej--kGoto Techrights to read about posts on TheLayoff.com | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 5 hours ago by Anonymous | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 3 reactions (+0/-3) | Reply | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bc+1krapms83 | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | -6 | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @b6 | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | calling IBM “toxic” and run by “incompetent mo--ns” says more about bitterness than business analysis. IBM is a 100 plus year company that has survived multiple technology cycles because leadership makes tough decisions to stay competitive. Layoffs are painful, but they are not proof of incompetence. They are often part of restructuring, shifting investment, and keeping the company positioned for the future. There’s a dif | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | ference between criticizing a decision and trashing an entire company because you personally dislike the outcome. | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 5 hours ago by Anonymous | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 8 reactions (+1/-7) | Reply | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bb+1krapms83 | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +5 | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | I'm hoping I'm on the list. I'm also hoping it happens by the end of June. I would like to have a paid summer off and 6 months of controlled healthcare costs while I dedicate myself to a job search without IBM and their nonsense getting in my way. This company is a toxic $h!th0!e run by incompetent m0r0n$. | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 6 hours ago by Anonymous | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 5 reactions (+5/-0) | Reply | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @b6+1krapms83 | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +8 | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | I wish they'd just get on with it then. I'm tired of worrying about it. | May 11 18:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | May 11 18:35 |
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