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Brainy and resilient techies, weak middle management

Senior Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for less than 1 year
August 4, 2009
Hopewell Junction, New York
3.0
Approves of CEO
Pros

Excellent place to start your professional career. Great opportunities in advancing your management career if you’re a female or a minority. Worthwhile grand vision by CEO and his office.

Cons

Zero accountability: if a manager or lead professional fails, s/he gets promoted.

Weak middle-level leaders multiply and accumulate; often special, useless positions are created to accommodate them.

The CEO's grand vision has difficulty finding real leaders (managers and professionals alike) who are able and empowered in advancing it to reality.

Advice to Management

Stop appointing failed or inexperienced professionals into leadership positions because they begged for it for several years.

Provide clear levels of accountability, especially for middle-level leadership positions.

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