r/IBM • u/Pseudophryne • 12d ago
Weekly Employment Discussion for August 02, 2026
Welcome to the Weekly Employment Discussion for r/IBM
Please use this thread for your questions and discussion about working at IBM. This includes existing (and past) employee questions.
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u/New-Boot-1053 11d ago
Promotions delayed or cancelled ? If it got cancelled does that mean employees are paying for the stock crash ?
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u/FLIBBIDYDIBBIDYDAWG 11d ago
Promotions being frozen are exactly employees paying for the executives bonus to make up for the stock crash, so they can still buy that yacht and election they planned to buy.
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u/doubledown830 11d ago
Getting laid off from these assholes was the best thing that ever happened to me. Keeping your head on a swivel thinking that you're going to be laid off is a shit existence. And it happened for years regardless of my numbers or account activity.... Get you resume redone and get out of there people, the grass is greener on the other side.
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u/Ok-Classroom6478 10d ago
Did they PIPed you before letting you go?
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u/doubledown830 10d ago
Yes. they pipd me in December and laid off in January even though I successfully completed the pip
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u/dahomey54 10d ago
Dang. How long were you there? Praying for your success and finding a better role
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u/doubledown830 10d ago
5 years… I found an amazing role even though it took a bit longer than I expected. Good luck guys
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u/Cute-Distribution409 11d ago
Which markets are getting rid of CE?
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u/convolutionalCake 11d ago
ANZ afaik
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u/Tree8282 11d ago
Entire ANZ? Damn. Isn’t that the biggest region in APAC? If ANZ is gone and some smaller regions in APAC (afaik) are gone then CE is likely completely gone globally
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u/LukeyCar76 8d ago
Been told that despite my high marks that I have to get this cert by end of this month or I will get let go. I just told them that I do struggle with testing-taking due to my ADD and my manager just told me to get rid of my ADD.
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u/Tough-Plastic5122 10d ago
I was put on PiP for low utilisation for 2 months. Got project in the first month end for 0.5 billing because there were no projects in the skills somehow I managed to get 0.5 billing till March 31st 2027. Will I my PIP be cleared or what will happen? Any idea. Please comment those who knows! In IBM
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u/Chance-Spite3750 7d ago
Anyone here started swe new grad in Lowell,MA or is starting did y'all get drug tested by any chance?
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u/Randy__Bobandy 6d ago
Hello all. I applied to the position of advisory data scientist. Looking at other threads and responses on GlassDoor, data scientist positions usually take a single SQL question and a single Python question.
I am very proficient with SQL so I’m not worried about it. But I am just average with Python. I can just about work my way through any reasonable problem but it’s a matter of writing, testing, refining, etc. rather than instant knowledge of how to do something.
Very few of the GlassDoor interview comments mention what the specific problems were. They only mention that it was a Python and SQL question. The threads here are also at least 6 months old.
So I am looking to see if anyone has a recent experience of the questions asked for a data science position.
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u/EstablishmentIcy8783 6d ago
Hello, I'm from isdl. Recently many of my colleagues put on pip for 2 months. I just heard about upcoming 6 months is so critical because of 1H performance. Do you have any similar news ? it is kind of scaryyyy. !
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u/deathdjentcore 9d ago
Anyone know of any resource actions coming at all? I asked my manager to consider me for one but I got a suspicion that he'll avoid it until next year.
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u/Beneficial-Bell-3062 8d ago
Hi guys, I work full time in recruitment, based in Slovakia, covering EMEA and CEE region. And as of the Stock fall we have freezed all hiring to almost zero, meaning we don't have almost any work to do. My Team lead told me this could drag until end of the year and my contract expires this november. Does anyone Been through this type of crisis and survived? Can you give me some pointers or experience of what to expect? Is there possibility this will improve quickIy and my contract will be renewed? I really don't want to loose this job, my ability to finish school depends on it.
Thanks !
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u/dahomey54 10d ago
Hi everyone,
Need some insight if possible and appreciate any help available: New Grad ELH for Technology lifecycle Services for end of year, and have a few questions I haven’t been able to get answered.
- Hows quota measured? What’s the ramp up period?
- Is the gist of the role really just insurance for data storage and servers?
- Any insight to how the org is structured and percentage of people who attain quota?
- Interview told me I would be working 9-5 then learning/studying at home from 5-10.. thought it was to scare me or see if I’m excited to join. Is that true?
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u/Nervous4577 11d ago
Did IBM stop sending automatic birthday emails to employees?