IBM Cuts Thousands of Jobs While Pivoting Toward High-Margin Software and AI Cloud Services

Nov 05, 2025 07:48 am CST

IBM announces workforce reduction affecting a low single-digit percentage of its 270,000 global employees as the company strategically shifts focus to high-margin software and AI-driven cloud services under CEO Arvind Krishna's leadership. Despite 35% stock growth this year, recent slowdown in cloud software segment has raised investor concerns about IBM's positioning in the competitive cloud services market.