Company: IBM
Date: 2014-08-08
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Exciting company, solid research, let down by bureaucracy and staff treatment
Pros: Genuinely exciting research and products, making a real difference in the world.
Certain areas of the business, such as Interactive Experience, provide a cutting edge, enthusiastic service.
Large enough to try out what you want.
Strong support and training programme for graduates
Cons: Depending on area, work-life balance can be completely shot. 60 hour working weeks regularly expected without overtime pay, also regularly weekend working.
Bureaucracy often stifles career progression and provides multiple distractions from value-add work.
Career progression can be slow due to processes in place.
Salary seems to be below market rate and bonuses are tenuous at best.