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Great people, company headed away from hardware

Hardware Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for 6 years
October 25, 2013
Hopewell Junction, New York
3.0
Negative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Great people, good work-life balance, beautiful area to live in if you like the outdoors.

Cons

The hardware division is struggling. The company wants to be in software and services. Benefits are shrinking, and there are layoffs and furloughs.

Advice to Management

Spend some money on R&D and real growth & innovation rather than tweaking the financials. You have some of the best engineers; give them the resources to excel! Promote your people when they deserve it, rather than using an arbitrary number/percentage. The bell curve rating system pits employees against each other.

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