Company: IBM
Date: 2009-11-16
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

Raises hard to come by
Pros: Great technology and leading edge stuff in the hardware area.  Working with IBM Research can give you a good feeling about how you fit within the company.
Cons: Promotions/raises few and far between.  Most advances seem to be saved for acquisitions in order not to loose key members of the new company.  Internal promotions are almost non-existent, and even though the company is making record revenues/profits, very little of that is being seen at the grunt level.  Hurts morale to see the company making massive profits and to be told either a) cut backs need to occur, or b) no raises again this year.