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Modernizing But Stagnant, Political

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at IBM for 20 years
April 13, 2017
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Slowly modernizing itself internally (GitHub, Verse, etc.) and getting rid of some of the terrible tools (Notes).

Pay tends to be fairly competitive.

Some teams and groups are great places to work.

Cons

Falling behind competitors, relying too much on big customers.

Stagnant and reactive; we bought The Weather Company because existing cloud offerings are not competitive.

Lotus Notes.

Politics everywhere, divisions fighting each other and only looking out for themselves. Plus, divisions are often not forward-thinking, and any forward-thinking groups are eliminated.

Advice to Management

Constant reorganization doesn't work; morale is low.

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