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Decent Place to Work

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for less than 1 year
June 24, 2016
3.0
RecommendsNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

IBM has plenty of great, talented people with lots of interesting projects. They have a number of initiatives to push innovation and lots of ways to get involved and stretch yourself.

Cons

IBM is huge. It's easy to get lost and feel that your work and your product doesn't matter. Most of the company works in a self-serve mode, so to get things done, from HR queries to getting access to VMs, you need to be able to search and network with other employees. Keep a resume handy. IBM is constantly reinventing itself, and layoffs happen every 2-3 years.

Advice to Management

Employees spend a large amount of time doing tasks that aren't related to their primary jobs. Reducing this or making it more efficient would result in large productivity gains.

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