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Professional atmosphere, lots of structure, but too much focus on profits

Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at IBM for 6 years
August 1, 2014
San Jose, California
3.0
Neutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

It's a well-run business doing all kinds of things. If you don't mind navigating the bureaucracy, it could be good. Decent benefits.

My manager was great and, in general, I think the managers try to help the people they manage.

Cons

Decisions are made at corporate levels. They try to take employee input, but it doesn't seem to make a difference.

Advice to Management

Consider replacing "Think 40" with "innovate 80." Trying to get every employee to learn some new things is good, but falls short of actually making a change.

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