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Great experience in the field. Non-competitive pay for the work

Backend Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for 2 years
December 28, 2023
Poughkeepsie, New York
3.0
RecommendsNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

It's a great place to learn about large-scale backend systems. Pay is okay. Some can get away with slacking off, but that is not me.

Cons

Pay is not competitive with other tech companies of the same scale. The CEO has taken away our 401k match, which was a major pro.

Growth in the company is notoriously slow and takes lots of paperwork to do. Tech leads are old and not wanting to implement new tech, such as Git, into the stack, making it easy to pigeonhole one's career.

Advice to Management

Please push new hires to actually want to work and stay with the company with a real growth plan. Having to fill out an online essay as a real contributor for a promotion is crappy and a waste of time. Your manager still has to approve of it.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
2.0
Culture and Values
4.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
4.0
Career Opportunities
3.0
Compensation and Benefits
3.0
Senior Management
3.0

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