Company: IBM
Date: 2011-12-15
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

It's OK, you will always have a job here
Pros: - Name recognition, IBM gets you in the door
- Very ethical company
- Great work life balance
- Good "people" management, 1st line managers are very understanding when it comes to problems or issues.  
- Client-centric company, client relationships are respected and IBM acts very professionally when dealing with its clients
Cons: - Company is cheap, feels like we are going out of business despite the surge in stock price
- Below average compensation.
- Average benefits package.
- Poor bonuses, even in sales.  This is NOT the place to get rich.  Bonuses in non-client facing jobs are virtually non-existent
- Not challenging, I can do my job in my sleep, and I've raised this to my management, nothing has changed.
- Lack of career assistance/planning, you're really left on your own to figure out your path through the machine.  Unsurprisingly, this makes vertical moves near impossible unless you're a superstar (which is odd given the mediocrity in first line management).