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IBM buys companies for new technology, eventually outsourcing jobs overseas

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at IBM for 20 years
February 13, 2014
Littleton, Massachusetts
3.0
Neutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

The people I worked with were all very nice.

There was a good work-life balance, especially working from home, which was nice.

The benefits were fairly good.

You may find an exciting position if you are lucky.

Cons

Not as innovative as you'd expect. Sure, IBM invented Watson, but it came from a laboratory, not from the Software Group. Actually, most of the software portfolio came from acquisitions.

Jobs by acquisitions will be outsourced overseas sooner or later.

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