Company: IBM
Date: 2012-07-18
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

It used to be a great technology company.  Now it is an average service company
Pros: Reasonable pay and opportunity.  The company is a very good corporate citizen
Cons: The company is completely micro-managed by Finance.  Every expense, no matter how small requires Senior Executive approval.   There is limited opportunity for advancement and little room for creativity or new ideas.  I used to be responsible for making good business decisions based on a budget I needed to manage within.  This is no longer the case.   Senior people have made some very bad decisions which cost the company today and they are not held accountable, but rather moved to new positions. The company used to take pride in respect for the individual.  It has lost its care for employees and replaced it with financial metrics.  HR in IBM is a joke