Company: IBM
Date: 2014-02-19
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

CbD Program: dishonesty, poor management, little challenge.
Pros: Ability to work from home, travel perks, network with many people and external clients.
Cons: Very poor management - no one knows what you are doing. Typical "CbDers" were lucky to speak with their managers twice a year, of whom were managing 100+ individuals. Your performance is measured entirely on what you say you did at the end of the year. 

To be blunt, the company was dishonest about what the CbD program is. The program marketed itself as "strategy & transformation" roles. In reality, the only projects myself or other CbDer's found themselves on were IT implementation projects, which offered little challenge.

IBM's recent marketing campaigns claim the company is involved in analytics, mobile, cloud and social media work. I saw nor heard of any real projects in these fields. These appear to be areas IBM would like to be involved in, but hasn't yet been able to figure out how to do so. It's easy to see right through their fancy marketing after working for IBM.