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Rocket Center, WV, a wrinkle in IBM

Applications Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for less than 1 year
April 15, 2016
Keyser, West Virginia
4.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

You get to work for one of the greatest companies in the US.

Cons

Mostly based on the location I worked at: Rocket Center, WV. Very low salaries. They don't really consider what you are looking for, career goals, or interests (though they claim they do) and stick you on any old project assignment.

Project assignment staff are not technical and really don't understand what they're doing. How can you work at a technology company and have absolutely no technical knowledge or background, especially in a role where you are assigning resources to contracts?

They tend to place people in training just for the sake of keeping people busy. If you're available, you're put in it, no matter if it's related to your job or has anything to do with the area of work you're in.

Overall culture is nothing like a typical IBM location. People here don't collaborate, socialize, and are overall miserable. High turnover rate.

Advice to Management

You need to have people with at least some technical background in higher management or project assignment roles. Bad decision-making is hurting your employees' careers and creating a poor work culture at Rocket Center.

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