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Great work-life balance, old systems and way of doing things

Backend Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for 1 year
February 25, 2022
Toronto, Ontario
4.0
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Pros

Great work-life balance. Kind, knowledgeable, and friendly colleagues and managers. Flexible hours. Relatively good benefits.

Cons

A lot of the systems are a mess. Executives have a resistance to new ideas. Layoffs happen. There is a lack of proper training and documentation. In many cases, people who worked on a certain feature have left the firm, and no one knows how they did it, and there is no proper documentation for it. No stock options. No RRSP match. Extremely tedious promotion/raise process. No fully remote option at the time of writing this.

Advice to Management
  • Be more flexible to new ideas.
  • Pay a more competitive salary.
  • Fix your training for new hires.
  • Provide stock options and RRSP/401k match like other big tech companies.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
5.0
Culture and Values
5.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
3.0
Compensation and Benefits
3.0
Senior Management
2.0

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