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Constant worrying about layoffs

Staff Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at IBM for 20 years
June 18, 2012
Poughkeepsie, New York
3.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

8% employee match 401k True flex time Work from home

Cons

Constantly worrying if you will be part of the next set of layoffs. (I escaped it twice, but was unable to the third time).

Poor bonus (2-4% on average, and was a consistent 2+ on reviews).

Expectation of every single employee to either patent, publish, or create a new innovation every year. This is just not possible.

Advice to Management

Stop to evaluate if you are really saving money by outsourcing work to other countries. In groups that I worked in, the quality of work and/or the timeliness of completion of work from groups outside the US did not compare equally. Often, work had to be re-done or missed target days frequently.

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