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Good for 15-20 years, with deteriorating morale in the last 5-10 years

Staff Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for 20 years
June 30, 2013
Burlington, Vermont
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Competitive pay for positions.

Technically interesting and solid work assignments.

Above average vacation plan for workers who have been in the company since before 1990.

Cons

Deteriorating morale, job insecurity due to frequent and large-scale layoffs.

Progressively emptying buildings with empty offices and rented-out offices to other companies are a constant reminder that the site appears to be being phased out.

Pervasive feeling of doom that increases each year.

No raises in the past several years, management unaware of what engineers are working on. Engineers compete against each other rather than work as a team.

Advice to Management

None, I have no reason to believe upper management would be interested in my opinion.

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