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Nice People, Grinding Management

Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at IBM for 6 years
April 9, 2013
Austin, Texas
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Mostly nice people to work with, at least the ones not scared of losing their jobs and backstabbing people to keep them.

Many projects to choose from; this company really does do it all.

Pay is good if you can get hired in at the right rate.

Cons

Management is grinding their employees out. Expect to be hired for a position only to pick up one or two extra jobs within a year of working there.

Miserable work environment, morale is very low and gets worse with the constant fear that layoffs are coming.

Difficult to move jobs unless a project falls apart. You are constantly being told you are either too valuable to move or that you don't have the right skills.

Advice to Management

Take better care of your employees. Don't wait until they are on the way out the door to finally allow people to move around.

Hire people to replace those who left. Expecting employees to shoulder the growing burden of leaving employees gets tiresome and weighs on morale.

Quit doing the trickle layoffs; it keeps people constantly on edge.

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