Will all the MBAs join me for a moment of silence?
some_one_234 on
So IBM didn’t return the favor? Bastards!
coffeesippingbastard on
I guess he saved IBM at the time and made the company stable but at the cost of any future industry leadership.
They have not really controlled or even guided the industry since the 90s. They do some interesting research but fail to bring much of it to industry wide adoption.
Caraes_Naur on
Saved IBM? Like Greendale saved Garrett, right?
AlienInOrigin on
I worked for them at the time. Huge bonuses if you performed really well. “Take care of the employees and they’ll take care of the company” was a big part of why he saved the company. Skilled people stayed with the company and gave best effort.
The newer CEO’s are all about lowering costs and sacrificing quality to make shareholders richer. Shit company to work for now.
IBM tech is still everywhere. They have more patents than the next 5 biggest rivals combined.
sunandst4rs on
Who said elephants can’t dance?
onedavester on
He turned IBM around 360°.
Conan-Da-Barbarian on
He could save IBM but not himself
Practical_Smell_4244 on
death comes to all
Gibodean on
Did he do anything about the Nazi and internment thing ? Plenty of tech companies alive now are going to need to know how to shake their involvement with the current fascist US government.
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Will all the MBAs join me for a moment of silence?
So IBM didn’t return the favor? Bastards!
I guess he saved IBM at the time and made the company stable but at the cost of any future industry leadership.
They have not really controlled or even guided the industry since the 90s. They do some interesting research but fail to bring much of it to industry wide adoption.
Saved IBM? Like Greendale saved Garrett, right?
I worked for them at the time. Huge bonuses if you performed really well. “Take care of the employees and they’ll take care of the company” was a big part of why he saved the company. Skilled people stayed with the company and gave best effort.
The newer CEO’s are all about lowering costs and sacrificing quality to make shareholders richer. Shit company to work for now.
IBM tech is still everywhere. They have more patents than the next 5 biggest rivals combined.
Who said elephants can’t dance?
He turned IBM around 360°.
He could save IBM but not himself
death comes to all
Did he do anything about the Nazi and internment thing ? Plenty of tech companies alive now are going to need to know how to shake their involvement with the current fascist US government.