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Culture driven by lawyers and accountants

Software Developer
Former Employee
Worked at IBM for 6 years
July 19, 2013
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

IBM Research would be a cool place to work.

Financially stable.

Managers were very accommodating about family life.

Cons

The Software group is a very patriarchal organization.

There is no willingness to consider different opinions; consequently, IBM has a very low revenue per developer because they cannot change or adapt.

IBM has almost no interest in developer productivity and believes that if they just impose enough process on your work, then everything will work out.

Your manager is likely to be a "Yes Man" or a ladder climber, as these are generally the people who succeed best in this work atmosphere.

Advice to Management

Ginny, if you really want to have an employee-centric culture the way you say you do, you will need to fire senior leaders who are abusive to their staff.

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