Company: IBM
Date: 2010-08-10
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current

OK if you want to stay stagnant
Pros: - Flex work schedules
- One could get by all the way until retirement by doing just enough
- One could try anything from research to finance to sales to development without leaving IBM
Cons: - Very varied policies across the company. You could be a smart guy looking to for a promotion from band 7 to 8 in one area, while in another area, people half as smart as you could be on the way to becoming band 10s.
- WAY too much politics
- WAY too much process; needed o keep a large company in order, but often makes no sense at a micro level
- You could climb up the career ladder by being at the right place, saying the right things, contacting the right people... without the need to actually be great at what you do. If you're the quiet type, forget growth here.