Company: IBM
Date: 2012-03-26
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former

Underpaid and Overworked
Pros: The flexibility to work from home is great, but most IT companies allow this
Cons: The flip side of working from home is that there is no work-life balance.  In fact prior to leaving IBM, they changed the term Work-Life Balance to Work-Life Integration.  There is no balance at all.  IBM will grind you to a nub for wages far less than industry standard.  The focus on EPS has caused a cutback on everything.  For example, The allocation for expenses has become even more of a joke now that I have left.  When I was at IBM the per diem for food in NYC was $50 - that might get you a decent lunch.  Now, IBM even pro-rates the per diem based on when you leave your house.

If you have a family and your family will be relying on you to provide insurance, run away as fast as you can.  The amount that people have to pay for family coverage is outrageous (although single coverage wasn't too bad when I left in 2011)