Software Engineer, Backend • Former Employee
Pros: Employee Benefits: major medical expense insurance, savings fund, grocery vouchers, additional vacation days, certifications, home office.
Cons: - IBM Mexico offers consulting services, and you end up working for another company.
- Low and uncompetitive salaries. Once hired, it's very difficult to get a raise.
- You will experience all the disadvantages of a consultancy here.
- You depend heavily on the manager and project to which you are assigned.
- Once on the assigned project, you are practically on your own. Almost any problem you encounter with the assigned company, you will have to figure it out yourself.
- Most of the time, you end up working more hours than stipulated in your contract, and even so, you are forced to report that you worked a maximum of 8 hours to avoid increasing project costs.
- The work environment depends on the company to which you are assigned. In my case, I had a terrible work environment.
- As an American company, some Mexican holidays are not respected.
- It is a company with a strong "woke" ideology. You are obligated to take many courses on gender ideology, inclusion, etc. Many IBM employees agree with and promote "woke" ideology.
- Few opportunities for professional growth within the company, unless you have many years with the company or are a friend or relative of someone.