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Average pay, but the environment and work/life balance depends on management and team

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for 6 years
May 18, 2020
Austin, Texas
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral Outlook
Pros

Decent salary, a large and long-established company.

Cons

Experience will largely depend on co-workers and your team's management. More often than not, they'll promise the customer too much too soon, and then development is left with the difficulty and stress of making it happen.

Since I've worked at IBM, I always had the feeling that they sort of fell behind after the tech boom. IBM used to be a company that was known for innovation. These days, it just seems like IBM is looking at the competition and asking, "How can we do something like that but offer it to the customer for a cheaper price?!"

Advice to Management

I understand that pleasing the customer is key, but create reasonable schedules based on the available resources. If more resources are needed, then make that happen rather than forcing a square peg into a round hole.

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