Average company, but can be difficult to develop your career - Recensione dipendente - Applications Development Specialist II presso International Paper

3,0
12 nov 2008
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Competitive salary offer for entry level employees - Memphis is a city with a low cost of living, and the pay for IT positions is very good for entry level employees. IP is one of the largest companies in Memphis allowing employees to take advantage of local discounts and promotions such as Grizzlies and Redbirds events.

Svantaggi

Industry heavily influenced by economic trends Highly focused on cost savings above all else The company gives full control of your 'releaseable' status to your department manager. This can effectively block any career development if you are filling a business need during a extended hiring freeze. The company is currently engaging in 'cost savings through attrition'; many positions are not being back filled and duties are spread over existing employees. In efforts to save money, tuition reimbursement, hardware refreshes, and BlackBerry service have all be discontinued indefinitely.

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5,0
11 dic 2025
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Great co-workers/environment Easy work for outstanding pay Great schedule that is set for a year and allows 1 full week off every 4 weeks.

Svantaggi

Can be extremely dirty. A bad day with plugs can be very physically demanding.

1,0
10 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Benefits were fairly decent when I was there. PTO was pretty generous. Pay was decent enough, along with a Bonus at certain pay levels. Many of the people I worked with there were outstanding - although, most of them are gone now. They did retain a few subject matter experts, most have left or leaving - but I guess it's a possible pro they might not cut your entire department..

Svantaggi

The Cons are the new 'wonder boy' CEO. This puts most of the 'Pros' here on shaky ground. The new CEO - Andy Silvernail, is a ruthless cost cutter. I would expect as/if the stock continues to drop - other benefits, people, or pay will be gouged - like they did the entire IT department. Andy was making big stock promises when he started up, but it was clear from the start, his only concern was the stock price. I still talk to some people they did retain or forced over ("rebadged" - such a terribly soulless word for it) to the new MSP. Every single one of them is at their wit's end. They are hemorrhaging what's left of IT in the company and all of the deep knowledge with them. It WAS a great place to work - now they report working 60+ hours a week trying to make up for the incompetence of the new MSP. At least one of them told me that he has dealt with more downtime and high priority problems in the last couple months, than the previous 15 years there. So if you are considering a job in IT at this company - in any capacity, expect to work long hours with no real path or possibility for advancement.

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