How's the morale at IBM?

Layoffs are happening even in strategic areas like cloud, analytics, Watson, etc., not just the old line hardware and service businesses. So it's hard to stay positive when you're always looking over your shoulder wondering if you're next. Leaders and board at IBM invest like it's a low-growth, old line manufacturing company and don't seem to have a clue about how tech industry dynamics work.

Can be pretty poor. Layoffs are happening about every 6 months. IBM likes to just "shake the tree" periodically, shedding talent just to see if it can get more productivity out of the remaining workers. It also habitually underfunds initiatives (both development and marketing) so it's incredibly difficult to be successful in a rapidly changing tech world. It becomes demoralizing.

For marketing - it has never been worse. Colocation is forcing long distance relocation without guarantee of a job retained over a period of time. New hires are unskilled in IBM-ish-ness and lost sheep. Personal networks, which in the past were global and highly effective, have fallen apart.

Everyone with any substantial experience (a high band) or whom is over 50 is always looking over their shoulder for the next "resource action" or other reason that they will be axed.

Engagement survey result continue to drop in every survey. There are pockets of happy people in places like India but it’s dropping even there for past yeat

They keep laying off people and salaries have not been increased in the last 5 years, so bad.

Not great, but beatings will continue until it improves.

Low as of the beginning of 2018.

Typically above average across most teams.

Low, weak and not driven.

work work work work

very very low.

Overall pretty good

Constantly dropping.

Low/burnt out

high

Strong