Company: IBM
Date: 2017-01-13
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Ups and Downs at Big Blue
Pros: Lots of opportunity with the GLOBAL presence of IBM.
Able to gain invaluable experience within whatever field of IT you are interested in.
Great internal online education/training program.
Depending on what area/dept./division you work in, you may have a chance to work on cutting edge/state of art technology.
Reputation still seems to be very positive and valuable within the industry.
Cons: IBM has been "down-sizing" for many years now.
IBM is focused on moving the majority of labor force overseas..... 80% by end of 2017.
IBM is known for changing support strategies that allow them to "retire" older employees while hiring younger talent and moving higher/older skill set overseas.
So big that you almost become a "number" - no personal benefits with many support folks working from home.
Once great benefits are now barely keeping up with the industry.
Current leadership is more concerned with bottom line and stock-price than employees and customers.
Raises and bonuses have declined over the years and have averaged 1-2% over the past 5 yrs.
Work/Life balance is hard to come by - they do not "practice what they preach."  (especially for people that work from home.)  Mainly due to under-staffing.