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Bands are how IBM classifies different levels of work. Alljb roles have a“Band”™
assoctated with them,
Bands are used for purposes of defining expectations of rol, skills and experience
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‘To give you flavor for that means, here are two examples,
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‘An Architect may bea Band 8 or9 or 10.
‘The Band 10 architect willbe required tobe Certified as an Expert by the Architect
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‘Bosrd, demonstrating that her work has had a positive impact
Level, The Band 8 Architect wil certify ata lower level and demonstrate pos
Impact to smalle group.
‘operations A Band 3 analyst will be expected to havea level of familiarity with
techies systems and be expected to execute work instructions, A Band S would be
‘expected to improve the work instructions that are used by Band 3
‘Currently GTS bands range from 3-10 for non-Executive Roles
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‘66 (Associate System Engineer) - Graduate ire band . You will be in probation for
‘one year with this band
‘6a (System Engineer) - After completion of probation, you willbe promoted to 68. A
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‘7A(Tech/Team lead/r System Engineer) - Depending on your performance after 2~
‘4 years in 6B you wil be promoted to7A. A Lead level band where you area senior
level developer or analyst ora team lead of your team,
‘78(Team Lead/Manager) - Depending on your performance after 3-5 years in7A you
willbe promoted to73. A Lead/Manager level band where you area team lead or
‘manager of your team.
‘8 (Manager/Sr. Manager) - Project level management.
‘and 10 (Executive level Bands) - Region head/Sector Head
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DM, like many companles, classifies asoctate postions into ters. The ers oughly
correspond to seniority, responsibilty, skil, pay rate, et.
Tsay “roughly” because the only part ofthis that seems to be objective and
messurable actoss the entire range seems tobe pay scales. Fach tier has high and low
‘pay limite that are inviolable. Ifyou are at the top of your pay scale for your band, you
‘can't geta raise unt you are promoted to the next higher band.
‘The tiers are also associates with specific roles, but not across the entire range. For
‘example, “Senior Managing Consultant” used to cover Band 8 - Band 10.
“Distinguished Engineer” and "Senior Technical Staff Member” were minimum of
Band 10
‘Similarly, bands correspond to rate in the consulting professions. Entry level
‘consultants in low bands bill atthe bottom of the rate card, Senior consultants in
bands 9 or 10 ill atthe high end ofthe rate car.
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e's been a while since I worked there, but as I recall, the ob bands give an
approximation of experience and seniority inthe business. In the US (not sure
slobally), college new hires typically came in at 6 or sometimes. 7 was a pretty
‘comman band for experienced professional. 8 was for team lead, technical leads, and
‘more-experienced people, 9 anc 10 was for senior people, with successively fewer
‘employees at each higher band level. After 10 (equivalent to Senior Technical Sta
“Mornber) it goes to the executive bands, which are letters (working backwards from F
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Band is something which IBM uses to maintain hiererchy inthe organization
Every band has experience range, salary range etc. When an employee gets promoted,
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