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Great to work for until I was laid off

Staff Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at IBM for less than 1 year
July 15, 2010
5.0
RecommendsDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Pay, benefits, and opportunity are all decent.

Cons

The 2009 layoffs were heavily weighted to older workers (40's and 50's).

There were secret rankings by management of employees, supposedly used to do faster workforce reductions.

Advice to Management

In this day and age, it would be humane to let folks know in a timely manner if they are a potential candidate to be let go should there be an economic need.

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