Company: IBM
Date: 2014-05-15
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

heartless company with no loyalty to employees - especially ones from acquisitions.
Pros: If you want to travel globally, there are lots of jobs for that...but expect to fly coach no matter where you  go.  In some areas they pay competitively, but you will work lots of hours
Cons: The benefits are eroded for a big company and not that good.   The growth opportunities will just depend on your own initiative, and willingness to stick your own neck out and search - no one will be looking out for you and trying to get you a path / promotion - unless you are real lucky and get a rare boss that will do that.  Its not the IBM way.   The company has a bias toward "an IBMer" who is someone that has been with the company for some time.   Middle managers from acquisitions are at a big disadvantage.   The culture is very cut throat.   There is an illusion of a work / life balance (lip service paid to it).  Upper management seems to in many ways out of touch (ivory tower like)