Company: IBM
Date: 2018-04-25
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Confirmed

It’s not what you know, it’s who you know
Pros: Decent bonus structure if they give it to you. If you’re in good with upper management the sky is the limit. If they are gone or move on you have to start again. Be aware of this and know your second and third plus line bosses and your journey is fulfilling.
Cons: There’s no rhyme or reason to the layoffs. In February of my last year as a technical person I made a 90k bonus responsible for large sales. One month later told my position no longer needed. The funny thing is they would keep continue to hire people for the same role that was going away.

Everything about IBM is now a who you know up top to shield you. You lose your safety shield and you’re exposed. It’s dumb when you see worldwide experts let go, but those who are just buddy buddy with upper management are kept around when others do their role for them.