Posts by Pacman9

IBM ends funding for employee retirement clubs

Unlike you, we're neither poor or bitter. Enjoy your 'youth' while you can and remember your cliched "Boomer" jibes when you eventually develop a sense of perspective and empathy, only to discover that the next round of pre-pubescent wannabes are referring to you with the same level of spite and malice.

After 84 years, Japan's Olympus shutters its camera biz, flogs it to private equity – smartphones are just too good

Re: Brand Debasement

So Olympus have literally saved your ar$e?

Lloyds to outsource 2,000 staff in IBM deal

After an initial "town hall" meeting where an over-enthusiastic but plausible IBM puppet (sorry - first or second-line manager) extols the few virtues of becoming a new "IBM'er", the Lloyds IT crew will return to their respective day roles and gasp a collective sigh of relief as nothing seemingly changes and rumours of their demise appear unfounded.  Then a few key Lloyds managers (usually senior) will leave under mysterious circumstances or go on garden leave after clashing with their IBM "transition buddy" counterparts.  Some of the best technical talents ebb away of their own accord leaving a nervous, diminishing bunch of aspiring, IBM wannabees who spend most of their day hunting for jobs in the IBM "Watson" division or any role who's title incorporates the word "cognitive". If they avoid the numerous [quarterly] "resource actions" that one can now set one's watch against, they'll more than likely end up cross-training Sanjay from Bangalore who'll take-over their role after a few months. If they're kicked-out, then they can at least look forward to a generous statutory minimum redundancy package.