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Please be cautious when considering working for or with IBM. IBM's poor treatment of employees and customers is widely reported. Do your own research. For ex

Please be cautious when considering working for or with IBM. IBM's poor treatment of employees and customers is widely reported. Do your own research. For example, Cringely has a book outlining IBM's problems: http://www.cringely.com/2014/06/04/decline-fall-ibm/ http://www.cringely.com/2014/06/04/decline-fall-ibm/ He has many posts in the same vein (note dates in the URLs): * http://www.cringely.com/2016/01/11/wheres-the-beef-ibm/ http://www.cringely.com/2016/01/11/wheres-the-beef-ibm/ * http://www.cringely.com/2015/07/21/ibm-is-so-screwed/ http://www.cringely.com/2015/07/21/ibm-is-so-screwed/ * http://www.cringely.com/2015/01/26/ibm-right-gadfly/ http://www.cringely.com/2015/01/26/ibm-right-gadfly/ * http://www.cringely.com/2015/01/22/ibms-reorg-hell-launches-next-week/ http://www.cringely.com/2015/01/22/ibms-reorg-hell-launches-... * http://www.cringely.com/2014/10/27/fix-ibm/ http://www.cringely.com/2014/10/27/fix-ibm/ * http://www.cringely.com/2014/10/21/ginni-comes-senses-late-ibm/ http://www.cringely.com/2014/10/21/ginni-comes-senses-late-i... * http://www.cringely.com/2014/10/12/ibms-power8-servers-less-meets-eye/ http://www.cringely.com/2014/10/12/ibms-power8-servers-less-... * http://www.cringely.com/2014/07/25/fed-suckered-ibm-failing-cloud-strategy/ http://www.cringely.com/2014/07/25/fed-suckered-ibm-failing-... * http://www.cringely.com/2014/07/16/ibm-apple-just-big-deal/ http://www.cringely.com/2014/07/16/ibm-apple-just-big-deal/ * http://www.cringely.com/2014/06/15/ibm-back-ussr/ http://www.cringely.com/2014/06/15/ibm-back-ussr/ * http://www.cringely.com/2014/01/23/ibm-sells-intel-server-business-company-doomed/ http://www.cringely.com/2014/01/23/ibm-sells-intel-server-bu... * http://www.cringely.com/2013/08/07/fulfilling-customer-requirements-is-a-weapon-at-ibm/ http://www.cringely.com/2013/08/07/fulfilling-customer-requi... * http://www.cringely.com/2013/07/25/the-new-ibm-vampires-in-our-midst/ http://www.cringely.com/2013/07/25/the-new-ibm-vampires-in-o... * http://www.cringely.com/2013/06/20/ibm-to-customers-your-hand-is-staining-my-window/ http://www.cringely.com/2013/06/20/ibm-to-customers-your-han... * http://www.cringely.com/2013/04/22/the-decline-fall-of-ibm/ http://www.cringely.com/2013/04/22/the-decline-fall-of-ibm/ ...and many older columns. See the comment by slantedview in these comments for another example. Cringely isn't the only one offering serious criticisms of IBM: https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=problems+at+ibm&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=pro...

rdtsc 11y ago
Regardless of what happens with IBM, this sounds like someone with a chip on his shoulder. He wrote a book about how bad it is, then blogs about it. It is like someone who got out of a relationship (didn't he work there?), but then keeps obsessing and talking to everyone else about it for 10 years after.
- rfreytag 11y ago
  Many blog entries preceded the book, some by years - look at the URL dates. Cringely was not employed by IBM according to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_X._Cringely https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_X._Cringely Cringely was an early employee of Apple and has worked for PBS (another TLA), as a journalist. My point here is to urge people to be cautious when including IBM in their career plans. If you can get past Cringely's flamboyant writing style you will see that on the topic of IBM Cringely is informed and has been accurate for years. Please do your own research into IBM's treatment of employees and customers before hooking your cart to IBM's horse.

rdtsc 11y ago

Regardless of what happens with IBM, this sounds like someone with a chip on his shoulder. He wrote a book about how bad it is, then blogs about it. It is like someone who got out of a relationship (didn't he work there?), but then keeps obsessing and talking to everyone else about it for 10 years after.

rfreytag 11y ago
Many blog entries preceded the book, some by years - look at the URL dates. Cringely was not employed by IBM according to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_X._Cringely https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_X._Cringely Cringely was an early employee of Apple and has worked for PBS (another TLA), as a journalist. My point here is to urge people to be cautious when including IBM in their career plans. If you can get past Cringely's flamboyant writing style you will see that on the topic of IBM Cringely is informed and has been accurate for years. Please do your own research into IBM's treatment of employees and customers before hooking your cart to IBM's horse.