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Good career growth, but constant threat of layoffs

Staff Hardware Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at IBM for 20 years
May 16, 2014
Rochester, Minnesota
4.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Many paths for advancing your career and skill set.

Great people to work with (though if most of your team is on another site, move there or change to a local project).

The environment really is set up to communicate well with your team and provide you the required assistance in getting a project done.

Cons

Constant threat of layoffs even in the quarters with good market performance. Upper management really gives no warning about employment prospects. It is probably best to be in a city where there are other employment options, should your job go away.

Advice to Management

I've enjoyed my 1st and 2nd line managers (even some higher-ups), but upper-level management seems to focus on stock performance over retaining good employees.

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