Company: IBM
Date: 2016-08-08
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Exhausting if Consulting is Not Your Thing
Pros: Great compensation, health benefits, employee discounts on a variety of things. Easy for relocation as there are offices just about everywhere in the world. It's been around forever so it's stable in that aspect of job security. Nice 401k match and various financial options, tuition reimbursements, spousal and family perks, etc.
Cons: 80%+ travel for consultants, which can be very draining if it's not your thing. Very poor work-life balance. The sheer size of the company makes it extremely easy to get lost in the shuffle. Lots of unnecessary bureaucracy and hoop-jumping for things like promotions and performance reviews, although there are signs of an attempt to improve this. Employee site very difficult to navigate.I still don't really know how to answer people who ask me "so what do you actually do?".