Company: IBM
Date: 2020-12-17
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Confirmed

Love working here
Pros: I have been with IBM Research for 6 years. Like any job, there are pros and cons. However, it would be hard to imagine that similar positions at other companies offer as much opportunity to grow and learn, flexibility, and potential to have a real impact on the world. The people around me are inspiring and pleasant to work with. I feel very fortunate to have the role that I do.
Cons: Like any other massive company, there can be occasional frustrating overhead (admin etc.), a regular need to justify spending time on this or that activity (which in itself is very time consuming), and there can be sudden and unexpected shifts in strategy, which can sometimes be frustrating when trying to conduct long-term, deep research.