IBM

Experience the exciting things IBM does for the IT world. A lot of opportunities, technological and career-wise. Dynamic interactions with different people and mindsets make you stronger, communication and work-wise. I know IBM processes are long, but you always learn something from them too. You can always move to different career paths. Good training programs are available.

For developers, not a lot of programming projects exist in big cities like London.

PBCS (Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service) doesn't really make a lot of sense, especially for very little or no pay raises.

Managers need to engage more in discussions with employees around career paths.

Going up the career ladder may mean using a different skillset. For example, higher-up roles are mostly architects or managers, not programmers.

IBM should try keeping many skills onshore and try not moving everything offshore.

Don't make good people leave, for example, through redundancies.

Keep a lot of programming skills onshore, too.

Give good pay rises and bonuses to everyone who achieves at least PBC 2 or higher.

Focus more on making solid employees and work on the revenue.

Never make anyone redundant, as they are all competitive and knowledgeable UK employees.

Try giving good work/life balance, as many projects require being away from families for five days.

Try getting employees near their project locations so they see their families every day.