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Good work-life balance; no future vision

Advisory Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for less than 1 year
February 19, 2015
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros
  • Work-life balance is honored and enforced; there's a lot of flexibility with sick time, time for personal business, and working flexible hours or working remotely.
  • Really talented coworkers; the best ones are leaving though.
  • The least amount of office drama/politics out of every other place I've worked in.
  • IBM still has a huge global impact; it makes one proud to work for a company that sets up solutions for cities, governments, hospitals, space programs, and banks all over the world.
Cons
  • Pay and benefits do not match competition for top talent in the industry.
  • There's an astounding lack of vision at the upper levels of management; it feels like the company has been shooting itself in the foot for years now, and nothing has been done to address the issues.
  • Lack of clear top-down communication about the company's direction.
  • A lot of unnecessary bureaucracy; it's hard to change things and get things done.
  • Very low employee morale.
Advice to Management

Communicate better.

Come up with an actual vision for development already.

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