Company: IBM
Date: 2010-07-23
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

Not what it used to be, probably depends on your assignment
Pros: Solid Benefits, Stable Company, Professional Environment, Opportunity to Travel and relocate anywhere, most can work from home, we were once very well treated and rewarded for hard work really well, hopefully we get back to that some day. My customer site has a very strong group of people, gives me a chance to work with and learn from some great people.
Cons: Benefits are solid but very expensive, Pay increases have dropped off and salaries lag behind competitors, over demanding on billable hours, Long time employees seem to be neglected, few rewards for hard work and effort. A lot depends on what assignment you are on, long term customer sites can be different than the greater IBM. My view of the greater IBM is a bunch of inexperienced or incompetent people, while our local site is full of underrated and undervalued people that are far better than those we work with outside the account. It seems every year they find a way to take something away from us. We’re treated like interchangeable cogs that are lucky to just have a job. IBM doesn’t feel like a special place to work anymore.