Company: IBM
Date: 2012-01-20
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current

Once Great - Not Any Longer
Pros: WAS a very good  place for people who aspire to pursue a technology career. But mid management politics has ruined over time.

IBMers who  are  with the company with more that 10 years - can be looked upto. They are some of t he best minds at work in the industry. Luck if you get to work with them.

Support for personal work life balance -. Great 

Working from home -for all employees. -Great
Cons: Middle management has taken to politics big time - and its become a  sad state of affairs.
I hope IBM goes back to its glory days under Ginni and specifically in India. But the overall mindset of middle level managers is really depressing.
Have been with IBM for more than 6 years. and its sad to see how deteriorated  it has become. 

I have tried  to analyze this as rationally as I could - and trust me- the quality has gone from  being good  to just average.

Your peers would prefer gossiping more than talking about work at hand. Moreover, I have seen this prevalent across the IBM geography .  Have traveled quite a lot - and this is really prevalent.

Lastly, when taking interviews the set *quality* criteria have been reduced by 70% to increase strength -reducing the overall quality of peer group

These guys (mid level managers) have gone to threatening people if  they decide to go against certain policies. There is NO fear among them. Sad  state of things