Company: IBM
Date: 2018-10-30
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: current

Don't care about employees
Pros: People are very friendly; work/life balance is great in public sector (often capped hours on projects per contract)
Cons: Lack of culture here; each employee seems to be an island on to themselves; people often feel more like an employee of the contract that they are on vs an IBM employee;  

IBM seems to be trapped in a cyclical cost cutting mode to meet Wall Street requirements and run like a finance operation.  As a result, the organization isn't attuned to its employees--the only thing that matter is meeting it's numbers--which could be understandable except for the fact that the company's financial results are underpinned by the talent that is retained and their performance.  But that doesn't seem to register.

Not impressed by management at all--some combination of people that don't seem qualified and a massive organization structure that impedes efficiency and an ability to enact real change.