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Application Developer Specialist

Applications Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for 4 years
April 11, 2016
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative Outlook
Pros

401k matched contribution after 2 years. Extra week of vacation time after 2 years. That's it. Oh, infrequent raises (bi-yearly at most) that are below the inflation rate.

Cons

Low pay, lack of transparency and trust in management; random firings and layoffs. If you can't find any of the few projects available, good luck staying employed because you will be thoroughly kicked to the curb.

IBM Baton Rouge CIC is essentially a glorified call center. Hush-hush atmosphere promoted by management. They'll tell you some of what you need to know and plenty of what you don't. Same goes for the training... pssh... training.

Advice to Management

Up the pay and stop pillaging recent college graduates and the IT professional community. Else, IBM CIC Baton Rouge will be continually used as a resume booster/padder. A stupendously high turnover rate is never to be saluted, and such a transgression is indicative of a failing company as a whole. People hate it here; you'd know if you asked or gave a flying fluke. It's the biggest revolving door of the 21st century, I tell ya.

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