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Depressing, Politics, Bad Projects

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at IBM for 4 years
January 19, 2017
Bengaluru, Karnataka
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

I don't think I had any pros. All were just cons. I'm glad I left IBM ASAP.

Cons

I joined as a fresher and worked there for three long years. All I felt was deep depression. I worked on three projects, and all three were very, very bad. There was too much regionalism and peanuts for raises. There was too much politics and favoritism for people of their region. A manager also called me at midnight and expected me to attend meetings, even though I was not on a shift project. This is how they treated women employees who promoted the "pink factor" so much! I said no to taking calls as and when needed. All they did was threaten me with firing if I didn't accept. Is this what a company does? And work from home was a nightmare. I still remember they called me on my honeymoon and said, "Since we have given you work from home, you should take calls even if you are on your honeymoon." Is this humanity? Another day I said I wouldn't attend calls after 8 PM, for which my manager insisted I should and made me stay after 8 PM in the office. So, is this correct? Is this a place to work?

Advice to Management

Please read above what has happened as long as I was in IBM.

Don't simply promote that IBM is good for women employees by giving work from home and treating them like slaves.

Instead, try to have some humanity.

I can give all details of the projects I worked on and the project manager if needed.

I can provide details of calls I used to take and employees who have left IBM due to the same reason.

Every word here is what I suffered while being in IBM.

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