IBM reviews

The downtown Denver location is the most hostile/stressful work environment one could ever experience. There are multiple project managers to report to and they all micromanage - nothing gets done. Individuals in leadership positions are unreliable and can't be trusted, but conveniently during the month of surveys they're suddenly engaged and are "there for you". IBM boast about work-life balance and family yet the work hours in this location are expected to be no less than 50+/wk, including weekends, sometimes mandatory weekends. Due to leaderships inability to plan properly and hire adequate amount of people to support the client, deadlines are impossible to meet. Schedules are always tight because the leaders and project managers promise things they can’t deliver so they resort to threatening holidays and vacation time - time that doesn’t transfer over to the next year and isn’t paid out. The morale is extremely low within the department - many are afraid of losing their jobs while others are secretly demoted - simply arrive to work and find out in the most embarrassing way you've been demoted. Employees are talked down to and yelled at while the person “in charge” sits back and do nothing. HR is truly setup to protect IBM Truven, not the employee, and they are completely aware of the activity that goes on within the Denver office. Only when surveys show how the employee feels about the company will they PRETEND to look into the matter, but nothing is done and change isn’t made. The majority of the employees are hanging on and looking for other employment while others have quit for lesser paying jobs. The IBM/Truven culture is the most depressing one could ever experience. In regards to compensation and benefits, the pay is less than other companies and the benefits are surprisingly very expensive for a company with approximately 350k employees.