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Incredible workforce. Recent concerns

Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for less than 1 year
July 7, 2014
East Fishkill, New York
4.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

The people at IBM are incredible: talented, brilliant, innovative, and constantly working to do the right thing. I love working with such motivated and friendly people.

Of course, there are always more things to do, so there is always a chance to branch out at least a little bit to try something new and open up some new skillsets for yourself.

Telecommuting (as an engineer) is very common, especially given the automation and IT infrastructure of the fab. It's not unusual to work from home if you need to.

Cons

The microelectronics division seems to be often overlooked by the larger company, though it clearly is a key part of the overall picture, especially for the server brand.

That impression leads to a common concern about how much the company cares to invest and pay attention to this relatively small but amazing team of co-workers in the microelectronics arena.

Advice to Management

Follow through in your attempts to gain your employees' trust. What you've done in the past decade has not worked, and we can see through the lip service. After all, you hired us because of our intelligence, so treat us in kind.

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