Company: IBM
Date: 2009-01-27
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

IBM STG - where technology leads
Pros: Systems and Technology group has some of the best and the brightest working on leading edge technologies.  It is a pleasure to work with these people and keep up on the bleeding edge of what is going on in the computer industry.  I have certainly learned a lot in my time in STG, and continue to learn on a daily basis.
Cons: producing more powerful computers means that you sell less to replace existing ones.  Unfortunately, the cost of the new machines generally isn't 2x the cost of the replacements - hence lowering revenue.  In order to meet corporate expectations, cutting costs by reducing headcount has an impact on what can be developed and what can be sold.  It becomes a vicious cycle, low sales due to diminished products, which in turn leads to lower head counts.