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Anyone here work for IBM?
Posted on 6/10/16 at 12:11 am
Posted on 6/10/16 at 12:11 am
My brother in law has an interview with them. I work in HR for a large company in BR so he asked if I knew anyone that has come from ibm. I told him that I have heard many bad things about the company, but it was all 2nd hand knowledge. I haven't talked to anyone directly employed by ibm. I think he applied for a sap type job and is expecting to make over 70k first year oUT of college. I found that hard to believe, but I have no clue. I told him if the salary is that high out of college take it regardless of company reputation.
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Posted on 6/10/16 at 7:05 am to iamAG
I know several people who worked there- all had bad experiences and left. It was described as a "sweatshop" type environment...
Posted on 6/10/16 at 7:23 am to iamAG
I never worked there but was contacted by some people at one point trying to get me to work there. It sounded like a gig where they'd bring in fairly low experienced people and have me dealing with training them well enough to produce hours. Even the recruiter made it sound like a sweat shop. The offices looked like a digital sweat shop.
If he isn't married/kids it's probably not a bad idea just to get a couple of years of experience. If he'll be working in corporate settings for his career he'll always be dealing with IBM and their god awful expensive products.
If he isn't married/kids it's probably not a bad idea just to get a couple of years of experience. If he'll be working in corporate settings for his career he'll always be dealing with IBM and their god awful expensive products.
Posted on 6/10/16 at 8:47 am to iamAG
I haven't heard anything great about working there. $70K right out of college is probably too high. I'd say more likely in the $50-$60K range. Developer salaries really start to rise around year 5.
Posted on 6/10/16 at 10:04 am to MamouTiger65
It all depends on your field and location.
In consulting it's not uncommon to make 80+ starting out of college. Same thing with developers. If you went a good college - you can easily make 90k+ out of college.
IBM will pay well for some of their positions. For example - IBM consulting will overpay compared to Big 4 because their trying to sway kids from going to the Big 4. My IBM and Microsoft consulting offers were higher than Big 4 offers out of college.
In consulting it's not uncommon to make 80+ starting out of college. Same thing with developers. If you went a good college - you can easily make 90k+ out of college.
IBM will pay well for some of their positions. For example - IBM consulting will overpay compared to Big 4 because their trying to sway kids from going to the Big 4. My IBM and Microsoft consulting offers were higher than Big 4 offers out of college.
Posted on 6/10/16 at 11:25 am to iamAG
I assume its IGS. I have heard first hand its a chop shop, and they have crazy high turnover. the thing is you can go there and get a years experience, and then bolt. That is very common, and they know it.
70k for SAP implementer sounds pretty low actually. Depends on travel.
70k for SAP implementer sounds pretty low actually. Depends on travel.
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