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Good benefits and flexibility, not so good upper management

Staff Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for 6 years
December 14, 2012
San Jose, California
4.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Flexible with personal life.

Good benefits.

Room to grow: you can move across groups, departments, etc. relatively easily.

Culture that promotes integrity.

Cons

Budget freezing is crippling teams. The 'do more with less' mentality needs to stop.

Decisions from execs and finance are negatively affecting teams.

Benefits could be better compared to other high-tech companies.

Advice to Management

Keep teams together, don't tear them apart, especially when they succeed in putting out a good product.

Bring in more people to bolster teams, or you're going to lose good talent that you already have.

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