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Working at IBM was a nightmare

Worked there about two years ago. It was a nightmare. I was expected to buy everything myself - pens, mice, monitors, etc. Bosses wants you to learn everything in a few weeks, but Workers assigned to train you, refuse to give any real training during that time and tell you to study non-work related programming languages for future jobs. They tell you not to worry, but complain to management about you behind your back.

There's also no documentation, extremely poor programming style with almost no comments (comments and documenting things are frowned upon). Spaghetti code was common place with minimal factoring done.

Java methods were often 5-10 pages long each with no comments. To understand the code for a single Java method, I typically had to it print out the 5-10 pages, tape the pages together, and use a pen to figure out all the nested if statements. Most of the people who know the systems have been laid off or transferred. Assembler code was easier to maintain than their Java code. They had a lot of people doing nothing for months and playing video games. The maintenance department was extremely slow. It took them 6 months to fix the office's HVAC system (no air conditioning during summer and heating during the first month of winter. )

Reposted from @JtAUPMv-5uhuv because it practically mirrors my experience. Unfortunately, I am still stuck here.

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It's important that everyone who suffered under IBM go to glassdoor.com and enter an anonymous review so others find out. Make it professional or they won't approve it, but it can be anonymous. Don't rant, just state the facts.

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worked at ibm about 2 years ago, worst nightmare of a job I've have in 35 years of working.

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Sold out or laid off, that will be much better!

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Post ID: @1hdz+P0EApjL

Wow!

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