Treated well for a long time, but sadly watching a long decay as we abandon the values that made us successful
Treated well for a long time, but sadly watching a long decay as we abandon the values that made us successful
The legacy company culture from the founding Watson family still lingers, resulting in a typically congenial working atmosphere.
The sheer size of the company means you have access to resources unthinkable in smaller companies.
There are so many careers in IBM, you could switch once a year and never even scratch the surface.
Read Dilbert, and know the absurdity of a large, often contradictory hierarchical organization.
Our new CEO and senior leadership have grossly mismanaged our hardware business into a hole from which it will most likely not recover. IBM is trying, as much as possible, to offshore jobs to cheaper countries. We have now become a bellwether for employee benefit takeaways.
Stop cooking the books by buying back shares, and invest in your people and infrastructure. For goodness sake, start listening to your technical staff again. And experiment with the old company value: "Respect for the individual."
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