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78% would recommend to a friend

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Arvind Krishna

77% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

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2.0
Dec 4, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Great pay while it lasted. Most first line managers are good.

Cons

C-Suite continues to push DEI over competence. Concentrated efforts to reduce human capital expense by forcing older, higher-paid workers out. Account assignments are designed to restrict opportunity for older employees. Over hiring, especially for client engineering roles results in inexperienced people trying and failing to do the work that requires knowledge and experience ultimately resulting in layoffs. Return to Office and Return to Client initiatives are a farce designed to reduce headcount. Move packages associated with RTO and RTC are designed for workers with apartments, not families. Travel allowances are small forcing workers to stay in undesirable hotels. Per diems barely cover McDonald’s.

2.0
Dec 4, 2025

DIY

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Lots of remote work opportunities

Cons

- No bonuses - Limited profit sharing - Promotion compensation less than desirable compared to market - Uninspired projects - Mentorship <

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