IBM

The employees are all smart and dependable. The company is efficiently run (at least in my department), and I learn a lot about efficiently managing and working in large software projects.

The workplace is very competitive and not very rewarding. You compete against your peers for paltry raises. The amount of cost cutting is very concerning, and many people are worried about layoffs. Everyone I work with has been working on the same pieces of the same software project for over a decade.

We need greater flexibility in job roles. Everyone works hard and applies themselves to their job. Raises should be larger and shared throughout the company, not just among the top 15% (this feedback is from someone who regularly achieves top contributor status).