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Upper management is out of touch

Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for 1 year
March 11, 2016
Poughkeepsie, New York
3.0
RecommendsNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Work-life balance is nice. I travel a lot in my free time, and the hours are flexible to accommodate that. Great teammates. The job is fun.

Cons

Upper management doesn't have a clue. Keep laying off older, experienced employees but don't hire anyone to replace them. They also slashed bonuses this year while rewarding the CEO and board.

Advice to Management

Listen to your employees, not just the yes men.

Morale is crumbling, and yet you keep cutting benefits and devaluing the work your employees do.

Remember who makes your products and is the reason IBM is great, and act like it. We are not just a line on a spreadsheet.

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