Company: IBM
Date: 2021-01-22
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

Not your fathers IBM
Pros: - A lot of great people/coworkers
- Salary is on par
- good 401k match (full match to 6%)
Cons: - no loyalty to good employees - I've seen more good people leave who werent offered what they should have been until after they give notice in the past 2 years than I have my previous 20+ years here. The only way to get a raise or band jump is to give notice
- theres no job security, this isnt the company is used to be where once you were in you make a long term career in a single place. Thats a fairy tale here now
- they value where you live over your skillset. IBM used to be very remote work friendly and that has changed 180 degrees the past few years as they force you to relocate or lose your job (even if you arent remote but are officed in one location - RTP - and they move your business unit to NY or Austin you have to move or they consider it a voluntary resignation). Even then many have been laid off months after relocating.
- God help you if you are over 55 - dead man walking
- no bonuses for employees but CEOs and c-level get all the money
- IBM now just wants patents over actually creating good products