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| schestowitz[TR3] | <li><h5><a href="https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/study-do-what-chatgpt-tells-us">Alarming Study Finds That Most People Just Do What Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Tells Them, Even If It’s Totally Wrong</a></h5><blockquote><p>We're shockingly prone to "cognitive surrender."</p></blockquote></li> | Mar 29 11:57 |
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| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-futurism.com | Alarming Study Finds That Most People Just Do What ChatGPT Tells Them, Even If It's Totally Wrong | Mar 29 11:57 | |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kjx78wwh | Mar 29 14:24 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | "" | Mar 29 14:24 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Reminder, during the 4Q Earnings call on January 28, 2026, the company indicated there would be layoffs in 2026 at levels similar to 2025. The words they used were: | Mar 29 14:24 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | “For operating pretax margin, we expect about 100 basis points of expansion with workforce rebalancing fairly CONSISTENT WITH THE PRIOR YEAR." | Mar 29 14:24 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Translation: Layoffs in 2026 will be similar to 2025 levels. And “Workforce rebalancing charges” means restructuring costs tied to headcount actions: severance, role eliminations, org redesign etc. | Mar 29 14:24 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 16 hours ago by Anonymous | Mar 29 14:24 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply | Mar 29 14:24 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @3pb+1kjx78wwh | Mar 29 14:24 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | +3 | Mar 29 14:24 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Not happening everyone calm down | Mar 29 14:24 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | ' | Mar 29 14:24 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kmrejfgh | Mar 29 14:30 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | The odds are very very good that IBM continues the cost take out in NA and Northern Europe. 6-10 k of legacy heads a year is the goal. Those take outs will fall more heavily on consulting and higher band levels due to “thats where the costs are”, and they are the only folks left standing. IBM is very much following the Kyndryl model which is to offshore labor to lower cost countries as labor has become a commodity, and manufact | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | uring has already been offshored (except for mainframe). So what will 2026 bring? Here are a few speculations | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | IBM will aim for a 5% on shore labor force. Kyndryl started at 8% on shore, but is rapidly moving to 5%. IBM has made the decision that labor is a commodity except for enterprise engagements. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | IBM will partner off everything infrastructure related except for enterprise. Yep that means all scaleout products, including TSS, cloud, Power and storage | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | IBM will move to an IP model (HW) and distribution model (SW). | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | IBM’s ultimate goal is high touch enterprise, and AI/automation everything else. Yep that means automation will gradually replace labor no matter where it is located. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 32 minutes ago by Anonymous | Mar 29 14:30 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @hn+1kmrejfgh | Mar 29 14:30 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | Ha ha, look at all you barbarians, insulting and pontificating. You are doing class warfare. No, you are. Hee hee, I cannot stop laughing. We do nothing of the sort here because everyone knows their place and does the needful. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 10 hours ago by Anonymous | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 6 reactions (+1/-5) | Reply | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @fs+1kmrejfgh | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | +4 | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | @ed Isn't it time the the children of mommy or daddy B10 learn that they are the spawn of thoughtless, scheming parasites? These people spend a career crpping on me and holding me back and I now need to shed tears for their offspring? Do I need to send money to support their cat and dog, too? How about we all drop the pearl clutching? You can care about whoever you want to. I'll do the same. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 12 hours ago by Anonymous | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 6 reactions (+5/-1) | Reply | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @fg+1kmrejfgh | Mar 29 14:30 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | April fools! | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 17 hours ago by Anonymous | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 4 reactions (+2/-2) | Reply | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @ef+1kmrejfgh | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | -1 | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | @dd could be wrong, but honestly think most are. This site easy to find compared to others like Reddit where you have to really dig. I actually think the problem is it’s so easy to find that the level of discourse is lower. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 17 hours ago by Anonymous | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 5 reactions (+2/-3) | Reply | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @ee+1kmrejfgh | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | +1 | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | @ec so just to be clear here, it’s OK for people to not care about the children and families of people who are “band tens”, and that part of this post is almost certainly wrong and irrelevant as it will be everybody anyway… But you are all offended because someone was a little bit mean and their work choice? OK for For Children to suffer, but terrible to use multisyllabic words in a mean way. Got it. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 17 hours ago by Anonymous | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 7 reactions (+4/-3) | Reply | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @ed+1kmrejfgh | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | -3 | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | @db how about climbing off your soapbox? First and foremost, this thread didn't invent class warfare. Untold numbers of undeserving B10s and untold numbers of deserving B9s left behind because of petty management and jealousies did that. This thread may have exposed it but it wasn't invented here. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | I know that you didn't suggest that it was invented here. But then you do go on to to belittle and demean your fellow contributors to this thread. I suppose that some will thank you for gracing us with your superior intellect and morality. But if you were really that superior, perhaps you could be so in a way more uplifting and and less condescending to to your lessers? | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 18 hours ago by Anonymous | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 9 reactions (+3/-6) | Reply | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @ec+1kmrejfgh | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | +3 | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | @e0 they say in Albany (the capital of nys) a band seven needs to be directing, not being directed and that it’s a leadership position (an excuse for marking people as low performers), | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 18 hours ago by Anonymous | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 5 reactions (+4/-1) | Reply | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @e9+1kmrejfgh | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | +5 | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | @dx | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | I was in CIO. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Who/what the F-k is "Albany"? I assume you don't mean the capital of NY state. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 20 hours ago by F-kArvind | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 33 reactions (+19/-14) | Reply | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @e1+1kmrejfgh | Mar 29 14:30 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | @aj Oh sure, insult the "disgruntled band seven who can’t get promoted." Right... The lowly band 7. Talk about class warfare. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 20 hours ago by Anonymous | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 22 reactions (+4/-18) | Reply | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @e0+1kmrejfgh | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | -9 | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | @ds are you from alb? | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 20 hours ago by Anonymous | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 13 reactions (+2/-11) | Reply | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @dx+1kmrejfgh | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | +22 | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Class warfare. So stupid. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | After 15 years stuck at a band 9, I clawed my way in front of several panels to get promoted to a Band 10, STSM. I had to show not only I could walk on water but under my feet it all turned to wine. This was as an IC who could do strategy. The panel was arrogant and di-kish and it took me two tries. Crowning career achievement and for the first time in 20 years I could afford to go on a nice vacation. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Then Arvind came and sh-t on my career. We had 3 reorgs in 4 years. It became impossible to get into the new cliques. They had their own people to protect and their own jobs. When I showed them the water walking, turning it into wine, the new management said "meh! We wanted Pinot noir but you gave us Merlot." Truthfully it wasn't that different from that. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | My last day was Dec 4. I was STSM barely 5 years before Arvind blow torched my career and dumped me in this evil, awful job market. I got where I got based on personal initiative and strategic vision - they got rid of me so they could hire a bunch of interns who don't even know how to wipe their own behinds. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | I was not management. I was a recognized high achiever. And being rewarded for that almost immediately got me laid off. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Sorry to the Band 10s affected this round. It will never end until Arvind and his regime are ended. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 21 hours ago by Band10Blues | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 26 reactions (+24/-2) | Reply | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @ds+1kmrejfgh | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | +12 | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | @dn I’m op. You are right. Wish I had not said anything. Sad to see this. I have been b10 but never a manager in 7 years. Only I know because my flm who is D told me. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 21 hours ago by Anonymous | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 14 reactions (+13/-1) | Reply | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @dp+1kmrejfgh | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | +15 | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | @dm I feel like you nicely made their point with this comment. Touche. You understand most B10s are NOT MANAGERS right? Also plenty of B9’s ARE managers. Do you follow? Or are like , 23? | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 21 hours ago by Anonymous | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 17 reactions (+16/-1) | Reply | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @dn+1kmrejfgh | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | -9 | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | @db horsesh-t! the original post first and foremost specifically calls out how b10 will be decimated. what about everyone else?! and it ends with how the flms and slms are so innocent. horsesh-t! yes, blame for laying off employees increases as you go higher up the org chart, but managers shouldn't be so fu--ing spineless! stand up motherf----rs! if you get canned for doing so, then so be it! regular employees get raed all the time | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | for standing up or even for just doing their jobs. the original post is a torch song for b10s, flms, and slms -- the so-called "grownups," most of whom are annoying twerps who mostly talk sh-t. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 22 hours ago by Anonymous | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 17 reactions (+4/-13) | Reply | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @dm+1kmrejfgh | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | +7 | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Maybe RA some managers for a change. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 22 hours ago by Anonymous | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 15 reactions (+11/-4) | Reply | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @dg+1kmrejfgh | Mar 29 14:30 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | @db I don’t think most in IBM are even aware of this site. Very few seem to know about it let alone read it. Maybe spread the word about it. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 23 hours ago by Anonymous | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 8 reactions (+8/-0) | Reply | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @dd+1kmrejfgh | Mar 29 14:30 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | Reading the comments on this post it’s clear they’ve already won. If the goal was to try to create some sort of internal “class warfare“ then it’s pretty clear that they’ve achieved it. You would like to think this is a more intelligent, sophisticated place staffed by intellectually capable adults, but the petulancy, little boyish, teenage style of writing and responding you see here suggests otherwise. I guess we all d | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | eserve what’s coming. Some of you are so intellectually gimpy you have completely missed the point of this post and zoned in on the band 10 part as if your lives depended on it, which I guess, given the intellectual quality displayed here, in a sense they do. Certainly your ego’s do. You honestly think they’re not going take out whoever they want whenever they want? We deserve what’s coming. They’ve already won. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 23 hours ago by Anonymous | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 16 reactions (+14/-2) | Reply | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @db+1kmrejfgh | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | +6 | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | I’m sure there will be layoffs like there always are. You could make this announcement just about any month and you have a 30% chance of being right . Layoffs are continuous mode of doing business at IBM. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | I don’t know why anyone is surprised at any time. For most people when they get the ax, it’ll be the best thing that has happened to them. I know, I spent 18 years there. I left voluntarily last year. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | The job market is not great. But that place is toxic. Has been for a long time.. everyone has to make a choice . Hang in there and take the hits to your mental health. Or walk away potentially take a hit to your financial health. Not easy choices. Good luck. | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 23 hours ago by Anonymous | Mar 29 14:30 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | @b3 | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Yea they are the ones who say annoying stuff like circle back, synergy, etc. They lead teams but don't know anything technical. All they do is schedule meetings, send slack messages and repeat the talking points of Alvind and the PipMonkeys | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 1 day ago by Anonymous | Mar 29 14:30 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @d5+1kmrejfgh | Mar 29 14:30 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | @ak there are no layoffs going to happen in 2026 | Mar 29 14:30 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | " | Mar 29 14:30 |
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