Company: IBM
Date: 2017-04-04
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

IBM, where your spirit will be broken & stepped on
Pros: Large organization, great networking opportunities
Company Intranet includes contact information on staff as well as detailed profiles and other internal resources to procedures
Cons: 1. Disconnect between large base of millenials and baby boomers in charge- there is no in between
2. IBM uses Lotus Notes, which is slow, inefficient and outdated 
3. HR is unresponsive in email and over the phone, even when illegal and discriminatory practices are happening- HR looks the other way and/or pretends these activities are not happening
4. Hostile management are brought in the 'clear out' department staff and push them to resign
5. You are required to show up to a physical IBM office, but don't expect your own desk or work space
6.  Medical benefits are poor- prepare to pay thousands in deductibles
7. Empty promises of raises, reorgs & resources never come to fruition
8. Managers across departments play a fun game of calling a selected employee with an urgent request from Ginni/CEO on Friday nights to see if the employee will iterate on the urgent Ginni request all day Sat & Sun, meanwhile many other employees (since there are 300K)  are tasked with the same weekend assignment....who knows if it's a test of dedication or what, but I doubt the work product goes to Ginni....and if it does, the weekend sacrificing employee won't ever get credit 
9. Smart capable employees are expected to do the work of 3-4 people without budget and without complaint and then they get fed up and leave, it's a bad cycle 
10.  You don't feel like you're part of something good, the size takes away from any sense of pride or belonging and the work environment further reinforces this.....employees are left feeling disconnected and out of the loop