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Not the same culture as Silicon Valley, but nice nonetheless

Advisory Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for less than 1 year
February 13, 2013
4.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Great work-life balance, flexibility, and a chance to work with very smart people. It allows creativity. People are generally very nice.

Cons

Salary/benefits are not really competitive with Silicon Valley, and are really not tied closely enough to performance. Still stuck in old habits, and hasn't really adapted to try to run with Silicon Valley. HR has too much power.

Advice to Management

Try to compete with Google for talent. Work harder to incentivize performance.

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