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Sales Company, Broken Tools

Devops
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for 4 years
August 11, 2025
Guadalajara, Jalisco
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Employed. You're not unemployed; you have a job.

Cons

It is not what it used to be. Upper management is a mess. The company has turned into a big speculation business, not an IT company but a sales company.

You might think you'll get to work with new shiny tools based on the companies IBM has been buying in the last couple of years, but nope. Your work is to promote IBM's own tools with your work, except you need to go through processes to make them available to your team, and they don't work, lol. (Yeah, I'm talking about Watson Orchestrate).

On another side, I've been waiting on a promotion for the last year and a half and basically will never receive one. The layoffs have been a tradition for the last couple of years. Yet, they're changing the dynamic next year to make it look like low-performance layoffs, possibly impacting your severance package.

Basically, run while you can. You'll still see people that have been around for 7+ years. Yeah, they had it way better than if you joined 3 years ago from now. Don't even bother coming in here.

Advice to Management

Do better?

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
5.0
Culture and Values
4.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
1.0
Compensation and Benefits
2.0
Senior Management
1.0

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