Jun 19, 2015
IBM Senior Development Engineer reviews
3.3
71% would recommend to a friend
Arvind Krishna
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5 reviews
2.0
May 16, 2014
Hardware engineering
Current employee, more than 10 years
East Fishkill, NY
Recommend
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Pros
Lots of very smart people. IBM has great capabilities to develop and debug cool products. Managers are generally skilled and bright enough not to micromanage. They let you do things your way as long as you get your job done.
Cons
Poor morale caused by frequent layoffs. Upper management doesn't share much information about the hardware division's future trajectory. Pay raises and bonuses have been scarce for several years.
1.0
Nov 29, 2013
Soul Crushing Torture
Current employee, more than 10 years
Hopewell Junction, NY
Recommend
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Pros
All the positives of working at IBM are in the rear view mirror. If you are an executive who gets stock options then IBM is a great company to work for. You don't have to worry about growing the business. No matter how bad the business performs IBM will keep your options afloat by buying back Billions in stock. If you just draw a salary, maybe you should look elsewhere.
Cons
IBM thinks that paying 90% of the midpoint of the market range for a position is competitive. If IBM wants to only hire people 45th percentile then maybe so. There are no raises for anyone making more than 45% of the range. If you are well above average and contribute value that is well above average then why would you settle for having your salary capped a a level that is below average? Employees are discouraged, stressed, broken, frightened and afraid. Mass layoffs, over and over and over have decimated their ranks and destroyed all trust in management and in managements ability to run the business. Every year IBM increases the cost of benefits to the employees but salaries never seem to keep up. IBM's hardware business is imploding and the executives are clueless. But if we use social media and Tweet and Like about how great IBM is maybe things will get better. :-( Turnover at IBM is very high and the number of people who know how to get things done keeps deceasing as the brain trust gets fired, retires or decides to leave the mess that IBM has become.
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