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A look inside after 10 years..

Software Development Manager/Software Architect
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for 20 years
October 19, 2017
Hortolândia, São Paulo
3.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Very nice pack of perks and, in some areas, flexibility for home office. However, this flexibility changed a lot starting mid-2016, where thousands of employees were pulled back into the offices. Depending on your network, you can explore various career paths within the company.

Cons

Huge bureaucracy, inefficient processes, and it's very hard to get a promotion, especially being a GBS/GTS employee, in the short/medium term.

Advice to Management

Summing up: act more and talk less. Instead of talking so much about Agile Transformation and creating processes and more processes to make it happen, take better care of your employees/collaborators.

Think a little more on the human side so that the Agile culture can have the strength/means to flourish. Help employees find a purpose and have a greater sense of belonging to the company.

After 10 years in the company, I would like to have better feedback, but unfortunately, it is the reality that I see and live every day.

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