IBM

Classic tech company amenities: free coffee, snacks, and drinks. The majority of coworkers are nice and friendly. The camaraderie was the highlight of my experience. There's a huge bell curve. Top engineers there are brilliant, but the worst ones are unmotivated and coasting. Frankly, the average engineer is nothing to sneeze at. This is a good place to coast if you want to. There are opportunities to work hard and make an impact.

Pay is not competitive for the location. Lowball.

Bad apples exist in every workplace, but their existence speaks to the company's culture and behavioral hiring bar. HR is unhelpful and won't protect one from harassers.

Management lacks structure with task assignments and does not keep promises. Politics get in the way of good work.

There's a lack of formal structure because the place is small. There's no formal way to keep track of tasks.

Mediocre engineering standards. Not much of a formal code review process and poor code quality.