Long-time career employee
Long-time career employee
The people I work with are smart, wonderful people. Good work-life balance. Very flexible with personal time off if needed.
Several years ago, IBM changed the 401K match for new employees to 3%. Prior employees receive a 6% match.
Annual bonuses and merit salary increases only go to the top performers in the work group (top 10-15% of employees). Annual performance reviews are stack ranked. That means there will always be a bottom group regardless of how well you perform in your job.
Several years ago, IBM reduced the maximum vacation for employees hired after that date. They will never receive more than 20 days per year. Prior employees can receive 25 days. New employees start with 15 vacation days and max to 20 after 10 years of service.
Care more about the company and employees instead of your personal investment portfolio and stock options.
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Advisory Software Engineer
It was a long, drawn-out process. First, they call and set up an interview. Then you speak to five members of the team and the manager. After that, they let you know. It took 10 days before I heard back from them. A day later and I would have gone f
Advisory Software Engineer
Received a phone call to introduce the background and some project-related information. On-site, there were three face-to-face interviews: * Two technical group interviews * One 1:1 management personality interview. Received the offer after three
Advisory Software Engineer
Phone call interview with HR, followed by interviews with engineers and the manager.
Advisory Software Engineer
Buffalo, New York, United StatesAugust 1, 2012It was a long, drawn-out process. First, they call and set up an interview. Then you speak to five members of the team and the manager. After that, they let you know. It took 10 days before I heard back from them. A day later and I would have gone f
Advisory Software Engineer
Shanghai, Shanghai, ChinaAugust 1, 2013Received a phone call to introduce the background and some project-related information. On-site, there were three face-to-face interviews: * Two technical group interviews * One 1:1 management personality interview. Received the offer after three
Advisory Software Engineer
Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesJune 1, 2010Phone call interview with HR, followed by interviews with engineers and the manager.
