IBM

I love my team and my work.

• Continuous cost-saving measure from IBM.

• Compared to our company before acquisition by IBM:

  • No Christmas dinner, no free annual team lunch.
  • Increased working hours from 7.5 to 8 hours.
  • Families with children have to pay $380/year to get 80% of extended health insurance (we paid $0 to get 90% before IBM).
  • Annual layoff in March, regardless of double-digit sales increases in our division.
  • No more training that costs money; only free online training is allowed.

• Company earnings are more important than employees.

• Many tedious processes, such as having to take the same online security course every year and the online Business Conduct Guidelines course every year.

Having a family with children pay $380 per year to get 80% of extended health insurance is unfair. Most good companies don't do that.