Company: IBM
Date: 2013-11-10
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

Misguided by a Focus on Shareholder Value
Pros: Mature infrastructure that provides very basic operating resources required to conduct business. There still are some very capable people that can provide true depth in their areas of expertise.
Cons: Extreme focus on Earnings Per Share is starving many areas of the needed funding for everything from development to commissions. Executive compensation based on stock price is skewing the decision process to focus on short term gain.