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Rated as one of the top 100 Canadian employers until 2006. Off the list since 2007. Coincidence? I think not

Staff Software Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for less than 1 year
August 7, 2010
Toronto, Ontario
3.0
Doesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Very competitive salary in the Toronto / Ontario region.

Flexible work arrangements - flex hours, working at home.

IBM is still viewed highly in the industry - looks good on the resume.

Cons

Layers of management and bureaucracy to wade through, wasting your time from doing your actual work.

Little to no organic innovation.

Rewards those who play the political game and position themselves well, rather than those who consistently output quality work.

50-55 hour weeks are the norm, with 60-65 hour crunch weeks often enforced, for weeks and months at a time.

Advice to Management

Enable and empower your employees to make decisions, take calculated risks, and innovate.

Micromanaging them to the tiniest detail wastes everyone's time and doesn't utilize people's skills to the fullest.

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