Company: IBM
Date: 2021-04-25
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Not the "old" IBM
Pros: The IBM name still resonates with the older people in the IT market. Usually has good training, basically you can get any virtual training you want.
Cons: There are constant layoffs and unfortunately most talent has left the company. IBM lost the cloud game and is constantly shrinking. Best leaders and employees left to work at new generation companies. Company strategy doesn't make sense.

Salaries and benefits are low in comparison to competitors. Promotion is very hard. Salary raises are usually below inflation levels. Benefits have diminished over the years, for example, the BES contribution is laughable.

The company car plan is outrageous, even if your job requires daily use of a company car, IBM charges you up to 2500TL monthly on the rental car. No proper gas or OGS plan, you basically need to pay them and then get reimbursed.

It feels like you constantly need to fund the company, just like the car, there are a lot of things you need to pay out of your own pocket. For example, when I left, lunch allowance was 15TL/day, which is ridiculously low.