IBM

Flexible work schedule, including work from home as needed or desired.

Management at all levels reneges on their promises, from earned retirement pensions and medical benefits to earned comp-time. For example, at a second-line manager's direct request, I put in over 400 hours of unpaid overtime over a three-month period to help get a hot project out. When I went to use the banked time after project completion, per prior management agreement, management denied it and allowed me to have nothing.

Working 60+ hours per week, my raises average 1.1% for the last 4 years. This is an insufficient return on investment for this job.

Keep your critical employees happy, or you'll find no one with sufficient skill left to keep the company afloat. A happy employee makes for a productive employee. An unhappy employee makes for poor quality of service.

Two of IBM's official policies are:

• Higher only the best employees
• Pay the average of the job market

Does this make sense? Why would the best employees want to work for average wages?