Company: IBM
Date: 2018-10-26
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Software company or consultancy?
Pros: Watson brand opened many doors.
Cons: IBM is unsure if it wants to be a software company or a consultancy firm...so unfortunately it does neither great. The cost to customers far too often outweigh the value once you add in all the software costs and people required to implement and support. Lack of teamwork and job descriptions/accountability makes it nearly impossible to work. Travel and hours is extreme (often more than 5 days/week when you account for travel and often more than 80 hours/week). Rotating door in management and strategic direction. Billing rates are astronomical, when combined with requests to overstaff as a means of training new associates, makes the price unreasonable to win new business.