IBM Software Developer reviews

IBM is very cheap. From the tools you need to do your job to the general work environment IBM cuts corners every where they can. The buildings are depressing. Many of the offices are small and shared. The sharing is especially annoying when there are empty offices all around. The furniture is from the 70s or 80s depending on the office. They recently stopped vacuuming offices because it cost too much. No free soda or snack perks. You can however get all the ice and water you want. IBM is also very much in the business of sending their jobs to India and China. I'm fairly convinced that they feel ok with not worrying about morale or work environment because it is beneficial for them if their employees quit or retire.

* Morale rock-bottom. * Project management often very poor. Project badly run, technically compromised through lack of planning and arbitrary dates. * No training, except from fellow employees. * Sometimes awful work-life balance. Can depend. * Company PBC process for rating employees is demoralising, and gears up employees to play the game and rather than excelling at their day job.