IBM Hardware Development Manager reviews

Focus is given to those who only exist to contribute to IBM, without regards for any personal life. In other words while IBM touts "work/life balance" as being important, it actually encourages an "all work / no personal llfe" atmosphere. The moment a person realizes that they need to slow down and re-claim their personal life, IBM loses interest in that person and labels them as "making too much money...", hoping that the person will eventually get frustrated from a lack of forward financial progress, and simply quit. Alternatively, if the person doesn't quit, they get laid off.

Frequent layoffs. Gradual shift of workers from US to India. Understaffed for amount of work. Poor communication from project managers. Unreasonable project schedules that have just become a joke. No sense of big picture, everything is week to week survival. Upper management seems to be only concerned with profit and their stock options. Difficult to see where you fit in such a large corporation. Can easily have first line manager be in some other geography hundreds of miles away. Working remotely from the main group can leave workers feeling isolated and lost.