Company: IBM
Date: 2018-06-14
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

IBM Sales
Pros: - IBM gives mobile employees incredible freedom to work from home or from an IBM office 
- IBM generally pays fairly well, but most IBMers are on a leveraged sales quota plan that can vary widely depending on sales success. 
- If you enjoy travel, IBM offers plenty of opportunity to travel.
- IBM provides employees with many options for devices: Apple products - including MacBooks, iPhones & iPads; Lenovo laptops, and B.Y.O.D. options for phone. 
- IBM places a high value on mentoring; there are opportunities to get involved with formal mentor programs and IBMers tend to be very open to "unofficial" mentoring relationships for those seeking advice/guidance in their career
Cons: - IBM is a highly sales-driven organization and pressure from the top-down has created an ultra-competitive environment that sometimes feels like "everyone for themselves." 
- Job security isn't super strong: Re-organizations and realignments are commonplace and "resource actions" (aka - down sizing) are not uncommon either.
- IBM talks a lot about "career mobility," but doesn't always "practice what they preach."