Company: IBM
Date: 2015-04-11
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Product Manager
Pros: The opportunity for worldwide travel. The ability to have multiple jobs without leaving a company. This is both good and bad. You'll work with some of the smartest people in the world. Flexibl work schedules. Medical dental 401k. Loads of discounts for personal use including hotels, car rental and financing, electronics, cell phone service, entertainment and many many more. Continuing education. Financial advice, maternity kits including breast pump, books and guides. Great place for a first job. The perks are too numerous to name. You just have to know about them and hope your manager does too.
Cons: Because IBM has products in so many areas, it has many competitors which means you often get stuck using IBM products instead of the best products to get your job done. No investment in its own infrastructure so it can react quickly. E.g. Archaic financial systems. I don't recommend staying with this company longer than 2 years if you have been acquired, after that you lose your sales force and the team of whichever native IBM solution is comparable to yours will start to make life difficult. Pay is not great. Except very small raises and smaller to no bonuses as a top contributor.