IBM Watson/Cloud: H-1B chance and easy hours, but no growth or guidance

2019-12-09T00:00:00+00:00

Easy hours, remote-friendly work and an H-1B lottery chance, but no career guidance or promotion plan, low pay and little to learn; the reviewer is leaving.

IBMSoftware EngineerPosted 6 years agoBy Anonymous

About the reviewer

Status: Current employee, planning to leave
Time at the company: 3–5 years
Role: Software Engineer
Job type: Full-time
Track: Individual contributor
Level: 7
Location: Texas
Degree: Master's
Experience before joining: 3–5 years

What they reported

Confident in the business: No
Clear path to grow: No
Hours a week: 20–30 hours
Who makes the decisions: Product managers
How colleagues work: Coasting ("rest and vest")
Office politics: Constant, hard to get work done
Left the org in the last 6 months: Over 20%
Food: Free, barely edible

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IBM Watson/Cloud: H-1B chance and easy hours, but no growth or guidance

IBMSoftware EngineerPosted 6 years agoBy Anonymous

About the reviewer

Status: Current employee, planning to leave
Time at the company: 3–5 years
Role: Software Engineer
Job type: Full-time
Track: Individual contributor
Level: 7
Location: Texas
Degree: Master's
Experience before joining: 3–5 years

What they reported

Confident in the business: No
Clear path to grow: No
Hours a week: 20–30 hours
Who makes the decisions: Product managers
How colleagues work: Coasting ("rest and vest")
Office politics: Constant, hard to get work done
Left the org in the last 6 months: Over 20%
Food: Free, barely edible

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