IBM reviews

* Took a contract to hire position, when they brought me on full time offered a salary that was 25-40% less than my original contract salary * When you are not on a client project direction and guidelines are very amorphous * After not having client work for several months (market conditions are tough, I get it), received a PIP with factually inaccurate claims. I brought this up to my manager, it went nowhere and I was let go a few months later without being given any chances to defend myself or have any conversations with upper management who was making decisions behind closed doors and not at all transparent and never bothered to talk to me or my coworkers directly. * Manager cancelled more than 5 weekly 1 on 1's during this period, have a feeling I may have been thrown under the bus * 2 weeks severance

IBM is basically rubbing sticks together to make fire, burning wood to make charcoal to write to each other, and absolutely refuses to move into the present time. Most people that work here have been with the company for over 20 years and have worked themselves into positions that are resilient to layoffs, so those that get brought onboard and laid off every 5 years cannot make a dent in the primitive technology they use. Most people’s mentalities are narrow, work in silos, are pretty hostile to feedback and resist change as if it were the plague.