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Overworked and underpaid

Staff Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for 9 years
February 26, 2015
San Jose, California
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

The technical writing community is an amazing group of people who are willing to help each other. Plus, there are a lot of innovative documentation strategies being worked on.

Cons

It's no secret that IBM hasn't been doing well. As such, more and more people are leaving to take better-paying jobs at other companies.

As they leave, replacements aren't hired, so the workload keeps growing. The stacked ranking system is absolutely ridiculous. After years of losing employees, everyone left is amazing, and to have some people fall to the bottom sure doesn't make people want to do more. Morale is at an all-time low.

Advice to Management

Hire more people, and treat the people who you do have decently. Give employees bonuses and raises when you give yourselves bonuses and raises.

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