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Caution! DO NOT WORK at IBM. Average pay. Excessive workload. Your work will be outsourced eventually

Advisory Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for less than 1 year
December 15, 2009
Durham, North Carolina
2.0
Doesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Work From Home.

Excellent technical growth opportunities.

Cons

IBM will make you work like a donkey.

Work-life balance is good only when things are easy for management. When it is crunch time, the managers will demand that you work day and night, weekends as well. You will then be told that you did an average job.

Many managers don't have a clue of what their employees are coding. Many managers have no programming experience, so they can't evaluate your pains.

Management collects huge bonuses based on profit sharing, but most employees won't see any of that $.

If you have no self-respect and can tolerate annual humiliation, sure, go ahead and work for IBM.

Advice to Management

Stop being short-sighted. There is a reason why IBM management is hated and Google's is respected.

Respect your employees and have some shame. The day is not far when IBM will fall from its glory. The single most important reason? IBM forgot to respect its own employees.

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