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Not a Motivating Environment - But Good Work/Life Balance

Software Engineering Intern
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for less than 1 year
September 9, 2015
San Jose, California
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

My team is young, and the people on my team are open to ideas. I have an office to myself, and the lunches here have gotten better over the last couple of months. There is a lot of flexibility, opportunities to work from home, and paid vacation days.

Cons

It's very hard to get out of the big corporate idea because it feels like everything we do here is for nothing. The products are old and outdated and very specific to mainframe work.

Everyone here is usually unmotivated and, I would say, a little lazy. They could benefit from changing their culture to be more like a startup. It would make the place more youthful and fun to work for. The people here are very old and really don't like the idea of thinking outside the box. They prefer the conservative approach.

There are a lot of issues with management deciding what is good for the team or not. They do not listen or even ask their team members what it is they want.

Advice to Management

Listen to the people and start projects that are exciting.

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