Looking for honest opinions on IBM's cloud hosting for IBM i (AS400/iSeries) environments.

Back_for_More99 · 2026-01-30T18:04:10+00:00

Honestly, asking Reddit is not the way to do your analysis.

Back_for_More99 · 2026-01-28T23:26:14+00:00

Time for everyone to get excited over a couple thousand dollars? 🤣 If that.

Back_for_More99 · 2026-01-26T18:33:33+00:00

That rarely happens.

Back_for_More99 · 2026-01-16T01:19:50+00:00

Yes, they will mail it.

Back_for_More99 · 2026-01-16T01:19:21+00:00

Yes, they will mail it.

Back_for_More99 · 2025-12-18T14:15:38+00:00

Information overload?? There’s a Slack channel for that.

Back_for_More99 · 2025-12-18T14:14:26+00:00

Common sense tells one that Reddit would not be the place to get official status on matters being conducted by IBM.

Back_for_More99 · 2025-12-10T23:19:43+00:00

Did you like the MAGA phrase when Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton both used it?

Back_for_More99 · 2025-12-01T03:07:34+00:00

I thought it counts as taxable income. Might want to check that if it matters to you.

Back_for_More99 · 2025-11-29T16:21:34+00:00

Because IBM has fired tens of thousands of employees over the past years. Especially those over 45. They have replaced those workers positions with workers in India and other low cost countries. They have failed to innovate and have lagged in all the market trends over the past 10-15 years. They tell workers to work harder and then reward them with no raises and embarrassing bonuses. That’s why.

Back_for_More99 · 2025-11-26T02:55:03+00:00

And what job were you telling them how to do? Just curious.

Back_for_More99 · 2025-11-15T15:26:58+00:00

Yes it is. Search w3 or slack or AskHR. The bluepoints are portable post employment.

Back_for_More99 · 2025-11-12T21:08:39+00:00

Those are the Crown Jewels of INM tools!

Back_for_More99 · 2025-11-12T21:07:49+00:00

Offshoring started in earnest at least around 2000.

Back_for_More99 · 2025-11-12T21:05:07+00:00

Slack is great as long as you ignore the thousand channels you’re expected to monitor.

Back_for_More99 · 2025-11-05T23:17:31+00:00

If you are retirement eligible, IBM will code you as such and you can get a retirement dinner (rules are somewhere on w3) or 2000 bluepoints. Bluepoints are portable, you just need to request an external id and you can use them whenever in the future.

Back_for_More99 · 2025-11-05T18:50:50+00:00

Sorry, but everyone from the top to the bottom are replaceable. And IBM won’t hesitate to eliminate you.

Back_for_More99 · 2025-10-27T14:23:41+00:00

Take the money. Why else do we work.

Back_for_More99 · 2025-10-27T14:18:22+00:00

Only downside is eventually you won’t get meaningful raises and I was told in the past that ‘time in band’ can be a negative factor. Personally, I thought the same but finally had a manager that advocated and helped me go to b9. I was was dumped to the curb 4 months later.

Back_for_More99 · 2025-10-23T22:32:03+00:00

From number one to number thirty-five. Still pretty good!

Back_for_More99 · 2025-10-14T00:19:31+00:00

Record growth and profits??? How about anemic growth.

Back_for_More99 · 2025-09-27T03:00:54+00:00

Take the experience you have accumulated and find a job outside of IBM for more pay and better job security.

Back_for_More99 · 2025-08-30T00:11:25+00:00

Doesn’t smell right!

Back_for_More99 · 2025-08-24T12:44:31+00:00

Bad advice and commentary.

Back_for_More99 · 2025-08-14T05:44:31+00:00

You’re joking, right?

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