IBM

LGBTQ+ friendly.

Day-to-day work and people are generally great to work with and hang out with.

In-office culture is awesome, with a really light, friendly atmosphere. There are plenty of events to get involved in and meet people.

Took a contract-to-hire position. When they brought me on full-time, they offered a salary that was 25-40% less than my original contract salary.

When you are not on a client project, direction and guidelines are very amorphous.

After not having client work for several months (market conditions are tough, I get it), I received a PIP with factually inaccurate claims. I brought this up to my manager; it went nowhere. I was let go a few months later without being given any chances to defend myself or have any conversations with upper management, who was making decisions behind closed doors and not at all transparent. They never bothered to talk to me or my coworkers directly.

My manager canceled more than five weekly one-on-ones during this period. I have a feeling I may have been thrown under the bus.

Two weeks severance.

Be more transparent, talk to people directly, and communicate more frequently when issues are perceived. The first contact should not be from a PIP with inaccurate and wrong data. If you do have a PIP process, you should actually follow it up and give people a chance instead of just using it as legal protection.

My manager didn't follow up a single time about my PIP after it happened. I thought all was going well, but instead my manager cancelled a bunch of 1 on 1's during that time period, claiming to be busy.