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Good company in many ways, but they do not value employees

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for 20 years
July 9, 2013
Atlanta, Georgia
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Let you work remote. Trust you to get your work done, no micromanaging. Great coworkers. Interesting work.

Cons

Ridiculous policies for performance reviews (PBCS).

Perfectly good people get low reviews, and great people get passed over for top ratings because they follow an algorithm instead of honestly rating work.

Top execs do not value their employees.

There is very little training or investment in employees.

They changed the 401K match to yearly matching so they can freely lay off people and save money.

They do not allow much transfer between departments.

Advice to Management

Stop trying to boost your profits by laying people off. Instead, try growing the business.

Stop the sneaky practices like finding ways to deny raises, 401Ks, and bonuses.

Just do away with the bonus and give fair reviews if the money is something you do not want to spend.

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