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Great place, cool projects, "at the heart of IT"

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for 2 years
October 16, 2013
Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg
4.0
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Pros

Great place to work at the core of IT, not just the 13957th user interface on top of it.

Many very capable people (not all, but most).

Management is very much understanding the personal needs of employees, e.g. family situation, and is really concerned about helping (which is more than "listening").

Cons

Pay is okay, but could be better.

Buildings are at times not the newest.

Nowadays, the company tries to save money quite a bit too much. It's too much driven by quarterly results.

Old employees have much better financial benefits than the younger generations.

Advice to Management

Take care that your very best employees don't leave for better financial incentives.

Don't take over too much code from acquired start-ups. Take the ideas and implement them from scratch. That would have saved a lot of money.

A few more perks would be nice.

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