Company: IBM
Date: 2012-08-17
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Work w/highly talented people, on a winning strategy.  Watch out for corp. politics plus ageism
Pros: IBM attracts and nurtures some of the brightest minds in any field.  The Smarter Planet strategy is spot on.  They provide many HR resources and programs for development.  It's very cool to work with people in many countries at the same time.   Good career mobility.
Cons: The politics are fierce and snap judgements are made before projects can prove themselves out.  Poor management behavior tolerated /promoted (public tear downs, intolerance for different styles.)  Overall atmosphere of distractedness- people are never paying 100% attention even in person - email, chat, text even during performance reviews.