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Senior Staff Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for 6 years
July 15, 2017
Bengaluru, Karnataka
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros
  1. Option to work from home
  2. Work flexibility and job security.
Cons

Some perks and benefits available to senior Band (Band 10 and above):

  1. Travel to yearly IBM conferences around the world. Being a junior Band, this is not possible.
  2. Visibility, recognition, and growth prospects are only possible if you are a senior Band or know someone who is ready to influence your career growth.
  3. Salary for senior Band is on par with Google, Facebook, and others. Typically, senior Band salary is 3 times to up to 10 times that of an average employee. With so much budget and importance placed on senior Bands, there is nothing worth mentioning for junior Bands.
Advice to Management

Understand that your senior band employees are not the ones delivering/executing on the plan.

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