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Nope, don't join here unless you are above band 8

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at IBM for less than 1 year
October 12, 2011
Bengaluru, Karnataka
1.0
Doesn't Recommend
Pros

Good pay, flexible work hours. Lots of scope to do alternate work and pursue interests, but it comes at a really high cost of sacrificing all your time.

Cons

Management keen on just results and not quality of work. They support stretch assignments in your area of interest, but that is only so the company gets free work out of you during your spare time. This does not help you move to your role of interest.

Hectic schedule, needing nearly 65 hours of work every week, throughout the year.

Advice to Management

Transparent dealing and communication with employees.

Work allocation should be based on skills and not random opinions and openings.

The first 3 months when a college graduate joins the company are very important, so you should try not to waste them by not assigning teams and making people lose interest in working for your organization. I know nearly 15 people (of 37) who quit IBM in less than 6 months due to this fact alone.

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