IBM

Flexible projects with the potential to learn a lot. You can meet many people and grow a solid network of respectable peers. A great place to learn architecture, as you'll be building a lot of projects from scratch or early stages.

Unorganized and understaffed for many projects.

Unrealistic deadlines and expectations.

Promotion track revolves around workplace politics, selling, and yes-manning management instead of merit or performance-based work.

Often seen as just a body to throw at a project, despite qualifications. This creates unorganized and inexperienced teams trying to meet unrealistic deadlines quite often.

Focus on promoting people that can actually do the work rather than those who can talk a good game.

Foster community a lot better for your teams by placing individuals that work well together on repeat teams instead of randomly throwing bodies at projects.

Create a clear track for merit-based promotion for given roles and make projects related to your employees’ experience a part of that.