Company: IBM
Date: 2014-01-06
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Great Company - Too Big & Too Much Red Tape
Pros: IBM overall is a great company with a very strong grasp on their business model (depending upon the group you belong too). Tons of discounts for other companies that they may partner with or provide service for. A lot of smart people....

Fully supports remote employee's.
Cons: The cons - seem a bit contradicting to the pros, mainly because there is a TON of red tape that you have to go through to get anything done. Their internal software is horrible and seems to always fail - especially when you need it the most. The Lotus Symphony product suite is horrible, sluggish, and is a pain to work with.

Compensation and promotions is very limiting. Salary increase is minimal, and their structure in how they "grade" your performance is a bit ridiculous.

It seems like they are constantly buying companies to benefit the market they are attacking; however, once the purchase has been made it seems like there is no direction in where they are wanting to go.