There is a lot of press about programing jobs going over seas. How about CE jobs? Are CE's being replaced by foreign workers with green cards ? For a long time...
That is the power ce's have if they decide to use it. IBM needs all ce's/ssr's on the job servicing customers. Can IBM offshore ce's. No. Can they offshore who...
Slam it. Kill it. Tell it like it is and get your group members to do the same. Fake it with false positives and you have no right to complain later....
Significant item in The New York Times. Worth reading through to the end. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/12/opinion/12mehta.html?incamp=article_popular_5 ...
There's a better way of looking at this. "Straight Talk" is one of the management buzzwords. "Straight Talk" really should cut both ways. Managers feel...
Yes, absolutely, spend your time productively by filling out surveys that IBM hasn't paid any attention to in years. You must be joking or perhaps you are...
I'm not sure if you are calling *me* braindead, I sure hope not :) Actually, at least for SSR's, we haven't had a survey in years and when they did have the...
Things were good for SOME people and not all were treated fairly. Remember "rankng"? IBM started to change after the late 60's. A union then would have helped...
We in BCS had some surveys for several quarters and must say we didn't see any conrete management action other than "discuss the results with your PM" ...
Cheers at IBM Headquarters-Tears at Homes of 14500 IBMers The 2nd quarter financial results are in and there are cheers in Armonk. Analysts and the media...
... I agree with that statement, but things were MUCH better back then. The problem with the merit system is that it is flawed from the start due to favoritism...
IBM's 2005 Human Capital Management Report forecasts that by 2025, the number of people in the EU in the 50-64 year old age group will increase by 25 percent,...
Sounds like IBM is planning to get rid of the last 5 percent of its employees, those who are over 50. IBM always does things bassackwards. They will probably...
Big Brother Nixes Happy Hour NLRB Green Lights Ban on Off-Duty Fraternizing Among Co-Workers It is a regular pastime for co-workers to chat during a coffee ...
This is absolutely unbelievable! So if I run into a co-worker on the weekend I can't talk to them? ... good ... the ... of ... employees." ... in ... She ... ...
Sounds like a job for the ACLU to tackle. However, I'm not sure if they will take it because it may not carry "Force of the Law". I don't quite understand the...
This is CHUMP CHANGE compared to all the money IBM screwed out of the ageing fired exibmers IBM adds to northern NM's economic development Thursday July 28,...
The best thing that you could write on an employee survey is that IBM employees need union representation. At this point, it's the best way to improve working...
Dear folks: We have gotten word that the Senate HELP (Health, Education, Labor and Pensions) Committee is working this week to draft their version of a...
... Verizon, union strike tentative deal; [SOUTH PINELLAS Edition] LOUIS HAU. St. Petersburg Times. St. Petersburg, Fla.: Aug 5, 2005. pg. 1.D Abstract...
Three Republican Governors Hit Unions Bargaining Rights Are Rescinded For State Employees, One of Big Labor's Last Strongholds By JOI PRECIPHS Staff Reporter...
Very interesting article. Something else interesting about the WSJ web site...the "Print Version" of the URL posted was unprotected... meaning you don't have...
When are the SSR's going to wake up? Face it GONE are the days when we were highly specialized techs who worked on one platform. In my office we had...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2005/08/14/AR2005081401001.html New Homeland Security Work Rules Blocked Employee, Union Rights Not...
... worst one we've ever taken. My question is: why did IBM bother to give this survey? IBM couldn't be more clear, that they don't give a damn about morale....
I have and I am in my own area but it is very difficult because of several reasons. 1. Older SSR's that have their 30 years but are still working don't want to...
The results have not come out yet, but in talking to people in my office who took the time to take the survey, I am told they clobbered it as well. On another...