This weekend, I received a note from one of my readers asking if she should take a job with Countrywide in India, given their recent purchase by Bank of America, or take a job with IBM or Infosys. According to the note, here’s what the hiring manager said about the Countrywide merger with Bank of… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: IBM
5 most under-appreciated posts on Cube Rules
One of the sharpest guys publishing stuff on project management and process engineering on the Internet is Timothy L. Johnson over on Carpe Factum (Seize the Accomplishment!). He writes some pretty good books too, especially “GUST: The ‘Tale’ Wind of Office Politics” – one of the few books out there that offers an approach to… Continue Reading
The Global Enterprise: Personal Branding Rules
IBM has changed the rules for people working in cubes. This week, I’ve looked at the “global enterprise” approach that IBM is successfully executing and the impact that this approach to operations will have on all of us that work in cubes. The global enterprise approach radically changes how all of us in cubes will… Continue Reading
The Global Enterprise: Working on teams
There are a lot of us working on teams and many teams are not physically close to each other. You might think you’re doing OK, but how’d you like to work on this team for IBM: “Consider Lotus Symphony, a package of PC software applications. Work on a new version of Symphony started last July…. Continue Reading
The Global Enterprise: Knowing where the jobs are
Look at your job function and skills right now. Then ask yourself this question: what cities on the planet are my job skills going to provide the maximum earnings, greatest career potential, and greatest opportunities to stay working? Can you name five cities? With at least three of them outside your current country location? When… Continue Reading
The Global Enterprise: Cost reductions
If you were a CEO of a multi-national corporation — with mini-companies in twenty different countries all with their own management, administration, finance, warehouse and support operations — how much money could you save if you reduced your financial centers from twenty to, say, two? Quite a bit, wouldn’t you say? There is tremendous fixed… Continue Reading
The Global Enterprise: IBM changes the rules
IBM is managing global operations in a way that will completely transform jobs for people who work in cubes. IBM continues to move to a global operation. In Business Week’s International isn’t just IBM’s first name, the article notes that “Big Blue has built a global network for client services and in the past three… Continue Reading
Tata wins $1.2 billion outsourcing contract: Should I worry?
In what has to be a wonderful win for Tata Consultancy, Nielsen has awarded them a $1.2 billion dollar IT services contract — the largest ever for an Indian global IT services company. The news in Business Week, of course, is how cool all this is for the company. The contract breaks the $1 billion… Continue Reading
IBM claims largest technology services company — in India
IBM has done something that I personally never thought they would be able to get away with by their competitors — become the largest technology services company in India with a current 10% market share. It just goes to show that you can never count IBM out and once the management puts their mind to… Continue Reading
Career Management Monday, September 8, 2008
After a light posting week last night (getting some time off), it’s back into the swing of things as the unofficial fall season comes upon us here in the Northern Hemisphere. And there is significant financial news affecting Cubicle Warriors this week. Government takes over Freddie and Fannie Over the weekend, the Treasury announced that… Continue Reading