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Not that bad as people used to say lately

Staff Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at IBM for less than 1 year
January 17, 2011
Tucson, Arizona
4.0
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Pros

A lot of interesting people, most of them are very competent, and for others, you're wondering how they came to work there. Good benefits, good work-life balance, and it gives a lot of freedom to choose what to work on, with fair compensation.

Cons

The performance review system is subjective, which is in fact the case in the whole US, starting from school. Promotions are often given based on friendships, something I thought to be specific to more Eastern worlds.

The working schedule is flexible, meaning that it's 40 hours per week. However, in reality, this flexibility has its price, so it's definitely more than 40 hours per week.

Advice to Management

Promote more transparency into the system.

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