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A company that has hit its peak and is now trying to stay relevant

Solutions Architect
Former Employee
Worked at IBM for 6 years
December 5, 2016
Damastown, Ireland
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

It is a big company with a lot of different possibilities for career paths.

Cons

Promotions are not given to the best employees, but to the ones that have been there the longest. Stay long enough, and everyone gets promoted, which does not make a competent senior and leadership team.

When low quality of work is delivered, no real consequences are given out. So people will perform at the bare minimum and expect the top performers to pick up their slack.

Advice to Management

Get rid of low performers; don't just pass them around from team to team.

Reward high performers, and not just with a pat on the back but with promotions and monetary incentives.

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