Company: IBM
Date: 2017-01-16
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Tech Sales
Pros: Love the fact that there are no sick days per say. If you do you job right and you take a day off here and there no one will question you. Taking a day off for kids Dr app or to do some personal stuff really does not matter. Like I said as long as you do your job. 

I actually am not dissatisfied with the Sales organization. Lots of training tools, education and help offered. You just have to ask for it and also know whom to ask. Great resources. 
Sales culture is great. Not a cut throat environment what so ever. 

If you are successful you are taken care of within the sales organization. If you achieve a 100% the 1st Half and 2nd Half (not combination), you are sent to Bahamas or Mexico on a trip (Just you. No Spouse). Its like a huge IBM party. 
If you achieve more than 300%, you get best of IBM to Hawaii along with spouse. 

Great work life balance.
Cons: The left hand does not know what the right hand is doing or rather does not care.

A little hard to get promoted within the company or even to move around. I was denied to move by my then current manager 3 times even though the new manager was willing to wait. 

They really don't care about your personal growth. Very hard to get promoted. Its not impossible but a lot of red tape and so the management don't want to go thru the hassle. There are a few manager that will do anything for you. 

Once you come into IBM at a certain pay scale, you are pretty much stuck there. Unless you leave and come back. Very hard to stay current with the market rate if you stay here too long. 

With the lay-offs everyone is a little weary.