Company: IBM
Date: 2010-12-03
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former

If IBM acquires your company, get out now!!!
Pros: Can work from home; 6% match on 401(k); probably a great place for someone just out of college who wants to learn a lot and put a lot on their resume, and who doesn't know any better
Cons: In return for "work/life balance" (i.e.,the option to work from home), they expect you to do the job of 3 people; nearly impossible to get merit raises; local IT help nearly non-existent - you have to set up everything yourself when you get your laptop, and it can take days; one-size-fits-all processes that don't work; ridiculous demands and deadlines; massive layoffs in acquired companies after a year or two, with replacements hired overseas; the company is incredibly cheap and very paranoid.