IBM... Not what you would think
IBM... Not what you would think
IBM is a recognized name in the IT industry.
IBM preaches work from home and work-life balance, but they don't practice what they preach. Management has an easier time moving to other positions within IBM than non-management staff. It's a very political place to work. IBM has been in a constant state of change over the last four-plus years, and very little of it has benefited the employee. This includes no longer offering a pension, revoking work-from-home privileges for all employees within our division, and not granting pay increases for even some of their top performers for two years running now. This has been a huge surprise to someone who grew up in the Big Blue family.
Stop the continuous change with what you expect and require from your employees. Nobody likes a moving target.
Reward the people who put on the high revenue map.
Practice what you preach. Don't promote or sell the idea of mobility to your customers when you don't practice that yourself.
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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
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United StatesApril 12, 2016Very slow. There were about four months between my application and offer acceptance, and it was over five months before I started. Hiring is largely outsourced to India. Interviews were over the phone, along with a half-day round of interviews on-s
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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
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Gold Coast, AustraliaMarch 1, 2015Phone screening. Interview arrangement. First interview. Second interview. Offer. The two face-to-face interviews were completed smoothly and in a very harmonic atmosphere. Two interviewers attended both sessions. During the interviews, I was impres
