Company: IBM
Date: 2012-04-11
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current

Not the company that it used to be
Pros: Great work/life balance.  Good pay for work expected. Management is generally solid but lacks creativity.  Benefits are good.  People are by far (the worker bees) the BEST PRO about working at IBM.  GREAT people.
Cons: Senior Management, mid level and first line management at IBM Global Financing is below par.  There is a lack of creativity and entrepreneurship.  The culture does not promote independent thought.  HERD mentality is the rule.  Now if you don't make at least 70% of your quota in either 1H or 2H you are given a warning letter that you are not up to snuff,  60% of all IBMrs are given a 3 (NEEDS IMPROVEMENT) which essentially locks up your career in a tail spin and forces people to flee outside for another opportunity.  The "new IBM' gives you 60 days to find a new job (who will hire you with a "needs improvement rating?) or you have to accept abou12 weeks severance pay and they show you the door.  The HR function is not doing their job.  There is NO REAL ADVOCACY for employees on the inside.  I joined the Communication Workers of America and hope that there are sufficient numbers to force a unionization action.  IBM laid off thousands of United States workers in 1Q to offshore credit jobs at IGF Atlanta and other functional roles OUTSIDE THE USA, yet IBM is allowed state and federal tax breaks - that I and every tax payer end up paying for.  When will the insanity end?