To me, it seems like cutting budgets is usually just a band-aid move, not something that really fixes a company’s problems. With IBM, from what I’ve seen and read, all these budget cuts just make employees more worried and less motivated, and it makes the company look less creative. Like, if you’re always focused on saving money and not investing in new ideas or your people, how are you supposed to get more relevant in business or finance?

I’ve worked in places where money got tighter and everyone just got more stressed. Nobody was excited about coming up with cool new products, and customers started noticing. If IBM wants to be more important again, I think they need to spend smarter, not just spend less. People don’t get excited about a company constantly shrinking. For IBM to get back on top, they’ve got to stop thinking so small and invest in stuff that’ll make people actually care about them again. Otherwise, they’ll just keep fading outta the spotlight.