Company: IBM
Date: 2014-01-13
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

Interesting work can be offset by frustration with needless processes, tools, approvals and levels of mgt
Pros: - Constant learning and ample work on interesting projects
- Ability to work across business units and geographies
- Ability to span different areas in your function or general area of expertise
- In general, some smart and nice people at most levels
- Flexibility in work arrangements
Cons: - Frustrating to navigate many needlessly complicated processes and tools, as well as multiple levels of managers to get what you need to do your job.  This just eats into productive time to do real work and add the value I was hired for
- Eroding workforce in most mature markets, which shifts more work for same or less pay (with longer hours) to those remaining
- Pay packets are deliberately less competitive in most local market conditions, because "they can be"
- Other declines in benefits (e.g., healthcare, retirement)