Company: IBM
Date: 2008-12-30
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current

Not the place to be if you want to pursue a career in semiconductor manufacturing....
Pros: There are some top notch technical people at IBM and in general, my coworkers are competent and pleasant to work with.
Cons: IBM Microelectronics' glory days are in the past.  It lost its technological leadership years ago and it has long been a second class semiconductor manufacturer.  As IBM continues to be less and less a hardware company and more and more a services/software company, its days as a semiconductor manufacturer seem numbered.

Working for IBM in general is a cold, dehumanizing experience.  As an employee, you are a piece of office equipment to be surplussed when business needs change or when there is a business downturn.