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Software engineer / architect

Software Architect
Former Employee
Worked at IBM for less than 1 year
December 24, 2015
Littleton, Massachusetts
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Good benefits, if you've been there a long time.

Cons

Soul-sucking lack of respect for employees.

Advice to Management

Don't give yourselves bloated bonuses as a reward for the profits you made due to your cost-cutting measures, you greedy pigs.

Understand that engineers are people and not cogs in your giant machine, and find a place for "productivity" on your spreadsheet.

While your cost-cutting measures saved you 10% in salary, bonuses, and benefits to your engineers, it cost you 30-50% in productivity.

Of course, because they are engineers, that lost productivity doesn't show up until one or two quarters later, when products are late or key features are dropped because some horribly demotivated engineer didn't make his deadlines.

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