●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, May 11, 2026 ●● ● May 11 [00:40] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [00:44] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@atu2uhbvxaeyw.irc) has joined #techbytes ● May 11 [03:15] schestowitz[TR2] General Assembly on Thursday 7 May, 14.00 hrs, MS Teams [03:18] schestowitz[TR2] "Dear Colleagues, [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. [03:18] schestowitz[TR2] Agenda: [03:18] schestowitz[TR2] Salary Erosion Procedure The Fight Continues [03:18] schestowitz[TR2] AOB [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. [03:18] schestowitz[TR2] The trade union SUEPO continues with the industrial action plan to fight the erosion of salaries, pensions and benefits with [03:18] schestowitz[TR2] Work-to-Rule actions, [03:18] schestowitz[TR2] Days of strike on Friday 8 May, Monday 11 May and Friday 15 May [03:18] schestowitz[TR2] Two days of strike per week (Mondays and Fridays) in May and June [03:18] schestowitz[TR2] Please consider moving conflicting meetings in order to have the opportunity to join the General Assembly. [03:18] schestowitz[TR2] Join us online and ask your questions." ● May 11 [05:10] *humundr (~markie@spnyw2fxpi54g.irc) has joined #techbytes [05:37] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kqzn1a3g#replies [05:37] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kqzn1a3g#replies ) [05:37] schestowitz[TR2] ""So was this years IBM THINK a big bust?" [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. [05:37] schestowitz[TR2] In the US, we have yet to see any layoffs... no doubt they are coming! [05:37] schestowitz[TR2] 7 hours ago by Anonymous [05:37] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply [05:37] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @vs+1kqzn1a3g [05:37] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [05:37] schestowitz[TR2] So was this years IBM THINK a big bust? Not worth the money to put on? ROI? [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kr4jq0y8#replies [05:38] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kr4jq0y8#replies ) [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] Really? Now we have people talking like they are at a bar? [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] Mr Gerstner would be appalled to see these comments [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. [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] 7 hours ago by Anonymous [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] | 9 reactions (+0/-9) | Reply [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @k6+1kr4jq0y8 [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] @jr Bob, i didn't know you were a comedian too. Amazing. [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] 9 hours ago by Anonymous [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @jx+1kr4jq0y8 [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] @js better go easy on those badges. They'll cause your palms to grow hair. [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] 9 hours ago by Anonymous [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] | 7 reactions (+7/-0) | Reply [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @jw+1kr4jq0y8 [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] @jk Im not calling everyone who disagrees with me a shill. Im calling you a shill, because thats what you are. [05:38] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:39] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kr24aeev#replies [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. [05:39] schestowitz[TR2] Until you've done that, and your time will come, STFU. I mean really, SHUT THE FU-K UP! [05:39] schestowitz[TR2] 2 hours ago by Anonymous [05:39] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply [05:39] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @rf+1kr24aeev [05:39] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [05:39] schestowitz[TR2] @q2 okay, well, they're really really good at su-king [05:39] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:39] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kr24aeev#replies ) [05:39] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kr26x6x5#replies [05:39] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kr26x6x5#replies ) [05:39] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:39] schestowitz[TR2] Thats fine just as long as Albany is unaffected. Everyone else can get fu---d [05:39] schestowitz[TR2] "\ ● May 11 [06:13] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [06:15] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [06:21] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [06:29] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [06:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [06:46] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-asa.ci7.v1ickb.IP) has joined #techbytes ● May 11 [09:45] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) ● May 11 [10:03] *humundr has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● May 11 [15:32] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #techbytes ● May 11 [17:28] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:50] *humundr (~markie@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techbytes ● May 11 [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kr4jq0y8#replies [18:29] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kr4jq0y8#replies ) [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] "" [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 [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+2/-1) | Reply [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ps+1kr4jq0y8 [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] -3 [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] @pk [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] If one post convinced you to quit working for the day, thats not my posts fault. Thats a performance issue wearing a coffee badge. [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+0/-3) | Reply [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @pp+1kr4jq0y8 [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [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 [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] 2 hours ago by Anonymous [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @pk+1kr4jq0y8 [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] -3 [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] @pd [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 IBMs 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 [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] nsulting, security, and enterprise technology is emotional theater, not analysis. Criticism is fair. Bitter mythology is not. [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] 2 hours ago by Anonymous [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+0/-3) | Reply [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @pj+1kr4jq0y8 [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] +3 [18:29] schestowitz[TR2] It is cute that our little Indian Intern thinks we would have cared about what "Mr. Gertsner" would have thoug" [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1krapms83#replies [18:35] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1krapms83#replies ) [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] " [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] @bg how many patents you file? Any OTAAs? [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] 59 minutes ago by Anonymous [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @c6+1krapms83 [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] +3 [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. [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] 3 hours ago by Anonymous [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @br+1krapms83 [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] +7 [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. [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] 3 hours ago by Anonymous [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] | 7 reactions (+7/-0) | Reply [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bn+1krapms83 [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] +5 [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] @bg [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] Why do you still post here and waste your time? Dont you think you should spend more time working on your badges?!? [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. [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] 3 hours ago by Anonymous [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+5/-0) | Reply [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bm+1krapms83 [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] +5 [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. [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+5/-0) | Reply [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bk+1krapms83 [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] -9 [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] @bd [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] I have 31 badges and over 75 hours of Think 40 learning. How is that incompetent? [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] | 9 reactions (+0/-9) | Reply [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bg+1krapms83 [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] @bb you're an incompetent shill. Go play with your badges. [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] 5 hours ago by Anonymous [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] | 6 reactions (+4/-2) | Reply [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bd+1krapms83 [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] -3 [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] This is just a circlej--kGoto Techrights to read about posts on TheLayoff.com [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] 5 hours ago by Anonymous [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+0/-3) | Reply [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bc+1krapms83 [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] -6 [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] @b6 [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. Theres a dif [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] ference between criticizing a decision and trashing an entire company because you personally dislike the outcome. [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] 5 hours ago by Anonymous [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] | 8 reactions (+1/-7) | Reply [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bb+1krapms83 [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] +5 [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 $h!th0!e run by incompetent m0r0n$. [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] 6 hours ago by Anonymous [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+5/-0) | Reply [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @b6+1krapms83 [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] +8 [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] I wish they'd just get on with it then. I'm tired of worrying about it. [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] " [18:39] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #techbytes ● May 11 [19:10] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [19:17] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [19:17] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #techbytes ● May 11 [20:11] *schestowitz-TR has quit (Quit: Konversation term) [20:11] *schestowitz-TR has quit (Quit: Konversation term) ● May 11 [22:11] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [22:30] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes