IBM Senior Software Developer reviews

After being wined and dined touring China and Russia, CEO Palmisano came back to US to talk about how "messy" Western democracies are and immediately began shifting jobs overseas at increasing rates including selling PC company to Lenovo. There is a large bureaucracy with lots of internal fiefdoms. Company has gone from respecting employees and striving for excellence to shooting for the middle ground across compensation and benefits. Work can be all-consuming and the wrong immediate management can make life miserable.

Zero investment in professional development. Unbelievably low investment in providing employees with the tools necessary to do their jobs. Physical work environment is substandard. Poor yearly bonus system. Ever-deteriorating product quality due to insanely short development cycles and offshoring to incompetent workers. Low performing employees are tolerated far too much and are often simply passed from one department to another - it's like a government job. Too many layers of management. The bureaucracy would make Kafka cry.