Company: IBM
Date: 2021-03-03
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Good place to get your feet wet in the tech world
Pros: - IBMers are known for being genuine, nice people. I haven't experienced cattiness, aggression, or any other negative interactions.
- Brand recognition is high--having the name on your resume is good even if the company isn't as prolific as it once was
- There's a big emphasis on professional development with endless resources
- Excellent work/life balance--I rarely work past 5 PM
- Big budgets to try out different marketing efforts
- Working with brilliant, well-educated, respected SMEs is both humbling and exciting
Cons: - IBM is an enormous legacy tech company governed by bean counters, compliance officers, legal teams, and others who minimize our risk. It can be over-bearing at times. Processes always change, and usually not for the better.
- Lack of junior support on most teams. You'll have director-level and lead-level employees stretched thin because they're still doing the same responsibilities even after they're promoted
- Some department execs are lifers (20+ years) which is good and bad. They know the inner machinations, but also tend to be less risk averse or have limited understanding of how marketing happens outside our company
.- We are using email software older than I am and have no plans to migrate off the platform anytime soon.
- IBM has an uncertain future. While other tech companies are booming we're reducing in size. How is that possible?