First time in 2.5 years on the bench starts Monday.... what to do???

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Look for a new job

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Play Jeopardy so Watson doesn’t take your job

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Find a day baseball game one day next week.
Also, sleep!

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The new “Accelerated Bench Management Plan" means you’ve got about 2 weeks to get staffed or your RA’d. The goal is to find any reason to get rid of you

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IBM OP. Yes PMP Is worthless, applied to 150+ positions there and nothing! And yes all those projects that got pushed out - I don’t think they will materialize. I know of only 2 people who were successful with PMP in my tenure Sales connect doesn’t work either.

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Doing that too @IBM1 been applying and interviewing đŸ€žđŸŸđŸ€žđŸŸđŸ€žđŸŸ

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Work your internal network. Friends don’t let friends sit on the bench (if possible).

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Unfortunately there are many friends who are also on the bench! Reach out to Partners, VPs etc - that may work for you. It did not work for me though. Also, start looking outside ASAP

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Agree with IBM 1 - find a new job or another long term project

Work from home. Enjoy the down time and apparently you have to look for a job😂

@IBM 4 - when was this implemented? I just left today, on my own terms, and was on the bench for 2 months

IBM 5 it’s new this quarter

I’ve been looking but you know PMP is shit and a lot of projects got pushed back or want CBDers @IBM3

@IBM 4 - Got it, earnings are down.

I’ve reached out to my network..... hope to hear something soon

Network and then have some wine

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