IBM Product Manager Employee Reviews
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
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hurried, confused, murky, few know what to do most of the time but do it quickly
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What do you like best about the leadership team?
The management Values creativity a lot
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cordination n best communication with team
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They are obviously intelligent people, however they need to follow through more and exemplify good communication practices — not just say they support it, but do it.
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What does the leadership team need to get better at?
define priorities clearly, set a mission and commit to it, accept that this will require trade-offs, set the example of what you want imitated, always exit interview departing employees, track how many turned down retention bonuses, weight feedback by that value/
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Stop following fads and focus on strengths. Stop misleading employees and ignoring feedback you don't like.
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Listening to the team(s) driving work on a daily basis and gathering their input before determining planned work to develop a holistic strategy, consistent 2-way communication and transparency in regards to plans + key updates, & recognizing and celebrating the success of teams and individuals
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Downward communication
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What is the best part about your compensation package?
The base salary is best
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if you know how to negotiate - have a strong offer from elsewhere, they can be very generous in matching and sometimes beating other offers
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Compensation is getting better but it still doesn't meet industry standards.
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Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
no equity means no real ownership
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More communication and transparency about pay and raises. More opportunities for raises.
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What are some of the best things about your team?
They are very smart and friendly
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commitement n work on time
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Everyone gets along well while getting work done.
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What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
high variance here between those that add value and those that subtract it, significant need for both good smart hiring and some good smart firing, but especially for exit interviewing those who have left despite being offered retention bonuses
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My local team is great, but our remote project leader is terrible at his job and it really hurts team morale.
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Consistent and transparent communication to facilitate more efficient collaboration and recognizing/celebrating the success of individuals and teams to build a better working/team culture
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They need to come to work on time
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What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
My manager is very positive
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What needs to change to make the company culture better?
focus. we are so constantly busy and racing around from meeting to meeting getting so little done. we desperately need to prioritize to get useful things done. we need a defined mission.
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Stop forcing people into open work space environments when they want to concentrate.
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Prioritize your people through recognition/incentive programs, providing skill building opportunities, etc. & put in place guiding standards/processes to better enable success across the business. Your people = your organization.
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What did you like most about the interview process?
I liked talking about ideas
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The quick continuous flow throughout the process.
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What would you improve about your company's interview process?
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What makes you most happy at work?
The creativity and learning opportunities
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What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
we lack direction and focus, we all work hard and often long. we run in too many different directions. we try to make everyone happy instead of prioritizing and making trade-offs, firing customers that aren't worth the trouble, strategically ceasing investment in losing areas.
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The work site is poorly maintained, potholes, leaking buildings filled with vermin, trees down in the roadways that aren't cleared for days or weeks. Stop wasting money on reconfiguring the conference rooms we can't even use and fix the infrastructure first!
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Lack of leadership skills in people who are formally assigned team lead/manager roles. More training and translation of mission/vision/values into concrete and visible ways of working (processes, standards, etc.) would help improve this. Need leadership to exemplify best practices & set the example.
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What do you like best about your company?
The people and scale worldwide.
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What would you most like to see improved at your company?
Investment in people, culture, and engagement.
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