IBM

• Flexible hours
• Good work-life balance
• Goodish base salary
• Experienced, smart people

• Can be hectic and changes happen constantly.
• Salaries for lower bands (8, 7, 6) can lag from market.
• Sometimes questionable decisions.
• Can feel a bit top-heavy; younger talent tend not to stick long.

Invest in younger talent. Attracting them is one thing, but we also need to keep them. It can take more than 10 years to get to a good, comfortable salary, and many younger talents nowadays do not wait because they can get a higher bump in other companies.

Strategy is sometimes vague and not complete. We do not stick to one thing and do not do market research to know what is the next big thing. We play catch-up most of the time. Need to invest in real product development and play the long game, not just do what our customers want now and hope it will keep us afloat.