Yesterday I learned that as of 1 April I will no longer be employed with IBM. Instead, I am being given an opportunity to work for Persistent Systems Limited. The transaction is vaguely described here. I’ll still be doing pretty much the same job, but as a contractor rather than an IBM employee.
While sitting in various meetings hearing about what’s going on, most of the discussion was about the business side of things–apparently it’s a win-win for both companies. While hearing about it, it made me think of the machine that goes ping. It is apparently very clever to lease it back from the company they sold it to and everyone gets excited about that. My situation may be similar to the machine that goes ping, but in some ways I felt more like the woman in labor who is being ignored.
Today I got some more information. While this change is a surprise, it seems like both IBM and Persistent are making an effort to make this a good opportunity for me. I’m optimistic that it will be a win-win-win: a win for both companies and a win for me as well.
