IBM

You feel pretty comfortable, and appreciate it. When you start working here, everybody is trying to give you pointers so you avoid some issues. Sometimes you don't know the answer to something; that's no problem because everybody is ready to give you guidance. If that person doesn't know, they can always point you in the right direction.

The pay is very good compared to other companies, around $1800 USD free of taxes, and the benefits are very good too. You have life insurance and a medical plan for you and your family (wife and kids). You also have a special card for buying groceries every month; the card has around $150 USD to buy stuff.

Here they have a program named "Thanks! Award," where you can send thank-you notes with a gift to another employee. You can receive a maximum of 3 per year. The gift has an IBM logo; there are backpacks, wristwatches, pens, mouses, flash memories, and some other stuff too.

If you don't have a car, there is always the free shuttle from IBM.

The place to work is very far from the city, so I have to drive around 30 to 40 minutes to get here. Also, the traffic is a problem since the entrance is for one car, so entering or exiting the company is kind of hard and takes time.

Ironically, the computers that we have are not cutting edge. I have to work with a T43 and it's slow. Also, you must use their own programs, so SameTime takes a lot of RAM and keeps crashing even if you blink in a way that the program didn't like.

Nobody gives you a clear description about working at home instead of the office, and sometimes you just don't know the protocol to do stuff like having a free day, etcetera.

Give a better description about the career on IBM, including if we can work at home or not.

Sometimes we are just afraid of asking because we don't want to look so eager to work some days from home, but trust me, those days are worth your money.

We'll be using our own electricity, we'll be less tired, and we'll save money on fuel.