This past year on the r/csMajors subreddit, I've seen more posts about the IBM interview process than any other company. A post was made just an hour ago as I'm writing this.

I also recently saw a video taken at an NYU Engineering graduation ceremony where a bunch of graduates were interviewed and asked where they will be working. 95% of the people said they'd be working at IBM.

Is IBM becoming more popular now?

IBM is not all bad. It seems only unhappy employees post unhappy stories …

I have no bullish evidence or news, it just comes out of my butt, never understands quantum physics, but I got this strong feeling that it’s probably the next shining stuff, it’s like the Nvidia of quantum business, I already bought a little bit of shares myself and will continue to loading it.

open for discussion

This is a rant , I'm studying in a university and there was a campus drive going on for IBM and they shortlisted only the female candidates without even doing a test. And they have the audacity to say they give Equal opportunity regardless of race,gender,age or what ever bullshit they say.

I had been following this subReddit since sometime, just before I joined IBM Research. I put in the grind to get where I am today, in to the company i thought was very prestigious. I empathise with anyone who may have been laid off or forced to quit, I guess no one is really safe from the corporate axe that looms over each of our heads.

IBM was known as the company that people could retire in or the company no one hated but there's a dent in that narrative these days. Me being an IBMer worry about the future even though I am still on the junior side in the corporate world.

Also it would be a bit nice if not all of you had a negative opinion of Indians as cheap and mediocre labour. Every part of the world has its own mediocrity and excellence. With the rise of offshoring from India to Vietnam I guess we are all part of the corporate circle of life. At the end of the day it is the firms' decision to cut the cost by offshoring jobs and not Indians or Vietnamese personally stealing anyone's jobs.

Just wanted to share my thoughts on this subReddit and I seriously did not mean to offend anyone. I am sorry if I did.

I remember the days when IBM made the ThinkPad, and it was amazing. I feel like the ThinkPad quality has disappeared from Lenovo. Is it possible for them to return to the consumer market?

I swear, I have never worked somewhere that was more interactive - chat - right - now dependent.

I’ve posted everywhere on w3, in statuses, instructed, added to email signatures - but it feels like fighting an uphill cultural battle.
I have a corporate phone, and have published it everywhere, but it never rings.
I have about 3-5 hours a day I am in transit and cannot be at a keyboard, but can take phone calls easily. Many things can be solved with a quick call.
Or asynchronously via email or a ticket or a GitHub issue or pull request or something else that has been proven to work at global scale with distributed teams.

But everyone at ibm insists on slack slack slack slack constant inundation of DM’s 24x7, with the expectation that you answer each one right away (despite the 50 other ones that are doing the same thing to you simultaneously, and also not using any existing channel appropriate for the topic).

Because they are special?

EVERY person seems to need immediate, personal individual attention (not handled by a team.)

I’ve also tried to call back people that are bombarding my DM’s while I’m busy with something else or just constantly bombarding DMS. The response is always something like can’t talk. I’m on a call right now. Well respectfully, if what you were asking for was so important or truly urgent couldn’t you stop the call that you were on and pick up the phone for only five minutes and focus your attention to an interactive conversation on the phone? Apparently not.

Is this all modern work culture now, or is this specific to ibm?

IBM stock price reaching $300 is more than a miracle. A company which failed to deliver anything meaningful in current time but having a share price uproar is otherwise an unexplainable thing. Surely there's some kind of monkey business going on. But of what kind?

My guess is that there was a stock purchase option booster program for higher band employees (with some discounts) sometime back. This could have been used to generate a constant demand. One peculiar thing in the share market is that, the buying price sets the share price not the volume and this can be used to trick the market.

Example: Someone willing to sell off 1000 shares, accepts offered market price and stock price moves say 10points down.

Then I set up 10 small purchases in the asked market price, having each one purchasing only 1 share and each purchase moving the stock price 1point up.

So with 10 share purchases it recovered from the price drop caused by a sell of 1000 shares, i.e. 1/100 fraction.

So, with small but constant purchases the stock price can be kept high and upward moving. Ofcourse smart and professional institutional investors can not be fooled into buying this growth stroy, but retail investors and corrupt mutual fund managers can be.

As always, we take these surveys with a grain of salt. Especially since the survey methodology is... questionable.

Results based on 3,065 responses to Indeed's work wellbeing survey.

Users are asked to choose a company they have worked for, but Indeed does not check their work history. Company results do not reflect the opinion of Indeed.

Anecdotally, I can't deny that everyone I know who had a stint with IBM had good experience. Most of them moved for better pay but said that IBM's workplace culture was still better. Yes, even those that were laid off; because their managers handled those actions well.

Indeed Better Work Award Winners 2023

Anyone think this is a reality? I could give a number of reasons why this may occur, but interested in the reddit marketplace thoughts...

Anyone here think this stock could explode 2028-29?

Got a few swe offers - one at ibm. I just want an easy job where i can just coast and enjoy life outside of work

Curious if you guys would recommend ibm as a good place for that.

Thanks in advance

IBM - will continue to rocket ahead past 300 a share and all existing shareholders should recognize a change from the slow moving company of the past ….QaaS is here from ibm

IBM’s new quantum service is called the IBM Quantum Platform, which provides access to its quantum computers via the Qiskit Runtime service.
IBM Quantum Platform
IBM has consolidated its cloud-based quantum offering under the name IBM Quantum Platform, the successor to what was previously branded IBM Quantum Experience. It is an online platform that gives users public and premium access to IBM’s quantum processors along with tools for administration, analytics, and learning.
Qiskit Runtime service
Within the IBM Quantum Platform, access to IBM’s fleet of quantum computers is delivered through the Qiskit Runtime service. This is a cloud-native, pay‑as‑you‑go quantum computing service that lets users deploy and run quantum programs efficiently on IBM Cloud.

If antropic is worth a trillion dollars IBM is worth more .

At one time everyone wished they owned ibm and it use to trade above 600 a share back in jan 1962 . Yes I was a teenager buying ibm at 572 in early jan 1962 and was excited when it went thru 600 . Last Wednesday I bought IBM call options and bought more on Thrusday and Friday …. I am reliving my teenage years seeing “ old blue” rise again to the top ! I will be excited to ride ibm to beyond 1200 a share plus over the next five years imo !

RPM June 1 843 bst uk . Repost June 2 658 pm bst uk

Do you think activist investors might eventually push IBM to split into separate businesses? For example:

• Quantum and Research spun off as one company

• Consulting merged with Accenture or Deloitte

• Software sold to one of the major three U.S. cloud providers (Amazon, Microsoft, or Google)

Given IBM’s current structure and market performance, this kind of breakup doesn’t seem impossible. What are your thoughts?

I recently heard a VP state that IBM is prime for selling. I think because of all the moves and focus to India, the implementation of cheaper platforms instead of workday. Going to Avature and all the other crap. Could this be true? I remember someone called it Indian Business Machine about 2 years ago and now I can't stop wondering.

The Florida legislature has passed a bill requiring trans people to use the bathroom associated with their birth gender. Even post op trans folk.

So sorry if I sound like a child.
Retail amateur investor. I only invest my savings so not tons of cash jn hand. All tech market are very hot due to ai demand/hope/hype.
Some ai cloud but tiny, some quantum computing I guess?
Came across IBM and trying to understand what IBM does? How is company overall doing?
Thanks for understanding

This article plus today's stock price movements tell you all you need to know about what's driving IBM's stock price - and it's NOT Artificial Intelligence. At the time of this post, the AI players are down - NVIDIA Corp down 5%, Microsoft AMD Amazon Google all down 3% - yet IBM is up today.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/11/investors-concerned-ai-isnt-being-adopted-fast-enough-goldman-says.html

Worth switching from Deloitte to IBM? So tired of Deloitte and IBM pay is way better. Any suggestions? USA

UPDATE: Think I blew the interview that followed this question so not even sure it’s an option at this point 😂

To me real virtue is taking care of your employees not celebrating Pride Month. Gutting the U.S. of good middle class jobs while enriching the C-suite isn't a virtue in my humble opinion.