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Great environment, but the company is struggling

Advisory Software Engineer (Band 8)
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for less than 1 year
October 16, 2016
Dublin, Dublin
3.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

People are great, bright, and nice. There is a good work-life balance, top technologies, and interesting projects. Facilities are very good.

There is this great culture in a +100-year-old company. Teams are solid, and everyone covers each other's backs, from engineers to managers.

Cons

Cons are all about money. The company is having a hard time, trying to adapt to the markets. There isn't a lot of money around. Pay is below market average, bonuses are a joke, salary increases are very hard to get, and there are not enough perks (almost none).

Advice to Management

IBM cannot compete with the likes of Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc., while paying way less than they do. The company is not even competitive with small businesses in the city center, which consistently pay more than IBM. The best employees will eventually leave, and this means we'll always be wasting time training and upskilling new ones.

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