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Stuck In the Stone Age

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at IBM for 2 years
April 29, 2020
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative Outlook
Pros

Github, Slack, security, and complacency, if you're into that kind of thing.

Cons

Internal tools like email and calendar are impossible to use. Modern companies use Gmail or Exchange.

"Success" is defined by sales revenue, not usability or quality.

VPs are very boring, grandparent-like, and submissive people who don't think outside the box and probably haven't seen much of the world. Culture is about fitting in and not standing out.

Instead of using good tools like AWS (that most IBM employees want to use), IBM tries to take it on with the IBM Cloud. Ask a good systems or dev ops engineer what they really think about IBM Cloud. Don't take on a giant; use them and pivot your business to improve your quality.

Advice to Management

Modernize your internal tools. Hire younger, energetic leaders before your company sinks.

Collaborate with Google, Microsoft, AWS, and all of the other great companies that provide products to make companies and employees happier.

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