The people are very experienced and there are a few interesting projects happening.
I have had both good managers and bad ones; te disheartening part is that there is no way we can complain about most bad ones. The hikes and appraisals are peanuts even with a great performance review; almost no career growth.
Guys, if you had two offers with similar compensaton packages, would you go with IBM or AWS? I want a company where I can learn and grow but I also have a family so I dont want to be working weekends, for example. Something tells me that life at IBM (likely under B9) will be much easier than at AWS....Read more
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/03/ibm-ai-can-predict-with-95-percent-accuracy-which-employees-will-quit.html what the fuck ? Explains their complete lack of a promotional career path
What is the base pay for a band 8 software engineer at IBM (SVL) ? and what’s the average time span to get a promotion from band 7 to band 8. Current TC: 145k
I am a product manager in cloud. Today my manager told me that unless I can turn around the IBM cloud business, I won't get a promotion (I am not a manager and am not asking to be promoted to one) I think it's time for me to leave. Is it too late to leave IBM? Will other companies decline my applic...Read more
What would you pick, I have an offer for AWS L7 PM Tech and a promotion as a director at IBM. The big pro for aws is salary which I don't think IBM will be able to match. On the downside the work at AWS is something that I have already done and in IBM it is in a new area (of course plus politics) a...Read more
Hello i would like to knowhow is IBM cloud engineer role , i have been interviewing and would like to know the following.. Promotions , Learning Scope and basepay and package compensation for band 8-9 #ibm #cloudengineer #ibmcloud #ibm
Hi Any people manager from IBM India ? I have joined IBM as an experienced professional. I have an overall exp of 3.6 years. My people manager says that I have to serve at least 2 years in IBM to get a promotion as I have joined as an experienced professional. Poll ques : Is that what IBM follows o...Read more
Recently got an offer from IBM Cloud(Bay Area). Would like to get some details about work culture, politics, WLB etc.,. Also do you think IBM Cloud can successfully compete with other Big 3s and Oracle cloud? Some insights would be helpful before joining. Also, does IBM provide bonus/RSU refresh ev...Read more
I recently got approved by the hiring committee at Google, as L3 swe. I am currently working as research software engineer at IBM San Jose. What is the compensation I should try to negotiate for? Any tips on salary negotiation? I don't have any other competing offer. 1.5 yoe at IBM ARC, Band 9 (rec...Read more
Hello fellow Kyndryls/IBMers, I'm looking to get an idea of how much to expect in a promotion. I'm a band 8, senior lead in offering management YOE 10 TC 135k I want to request a band 9, associate director promotion. What are the salary ranges for associate director, band 9 in Kyndryl? And what...Read more
Hey guys. I'm currently an analytics consultant at ibm, and pretty sure will a promotion to senior consultant next year. I'm also applying to Lyft as "analytics lead". Would you guys consider this an upgrade..... In terms of prestige?
TL;DR Should I add "Staff Engineer" to my title as this is the L4 level at IBM to my resume to highlight a "promotion" between companies in 6 months even though it is an inflated title compare to other companies? I have accepted an offer from IBM. I'm currently a MTS2 at VMWARE equivalent to a hig...Read more
Just like IBM and other companies have Bands - Band 6,7,8 etc. I found out Bloomberg only has Software Engineer and Sr Software Engineer. How does that work? Are there acceptable promotions ? Like if IBM promotes you from 6-7 or 7-8 you get a significant jump in the compensation, I am not sure how t...Read more
I am offered role of Staff Engineer at IBM Labs. I found the offer attractive because of below factors - 1. I would be working in team which builds services for IBM Cloud. So, I would be working on core cloud technology services and not just application development. 2. TC offered: 20.3L base + 3L jo...Read more
Recently learned I’m underpaid as a B6 Strategy Consultant at IBM. I started working in June this year and accepted my offer back in 2021. At the time when I accepted my offer, my pay seemed to be within range: 104k. Recently learned that average comp for my role is now close to 140k (inflation I’m...Read more
Hi, I joined IBM last year as a new grad SWE. I interned in the same team for 2 semesters prior to joining as full timer. My team is not one of the dead team at ibm and does tons of great work. I never had a conversation with my manager about how promotion works from band 6 to band 7. I have this o...Read more
I’m a new grad (Master’s in Computer Science) set to graduate in May. I’ve been having a hard time deciding between the following two opportunities. I’d be really grateful if people could offer any advice and help me make the right career decision before it's too late. 1. Quantitative Analytics Spe...Read more
I'm curious of how promotions work at other companies in this industry. At IBM we are required to fill out a packet of information to "prove" that we are experienced enough to earn a promotion. This packet takes roughly 24 hours of additional work, must be reviewed by our manager, and is then sent ...Read more
I have a job offer from Amazon (Seattle, SDE-1), TC: 189k. I also recently got a promoted to Band-8 at IBM (Watson Health), but only received a 7% increase making my TC $143k. I am in a dilemma if I should move to Amazon (better pay, possibly better work) or continue in Watson health (recent promoti...Read more
I have 5 yoe and have had varying perspectives of impressions in my 3 jobs so far. First job, I worked at a company (ibm, ebay, yahoo sort of company) where I interned at. During standups, I have highlighted whatever I have done (no matter how trivial things were), and had the team hyped up with wh...Read more