Company: IBM
Date: 2017-04-12
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

Stay AWAY!
Pros: Great People; although, IBM has been laying off a lot.  No one is safe (other than the execs)
Decent product set
Good training for college grads
Good IT relationships at some customers
Travel not controlled/managed - do what you need 
Good programs for employee health and wellness
Cons: Can't keep customers on their software - focus/pay primarily on net new licensing
Finance drives all business decisions
HR driving out older workforce (over 40) and taking younger workers to not show bias.  No one is safe
Constant re-orgs kills customer relationships but the execs don't accept responsibility
Too many products, including several that overlap
Execs wear teflon suits/pantsuits - not accountable for poor business decisions
What did you close today?  Very myopic view of the business
Restricted hiring of Sales roles to external only - eliminates perceived IBM strength of mobility
401k contributions only at year end
No career guidance for college new hires after year 1 - lose 75% in first 2 years