Company: IBM
Date: 2013-12-31
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

IBM would be great if it got out of it's own way!
Pros: Quality of their people and willingness to assist new starters navigate their way around IBM restrictions.
Cons: They have the worst internal processes of all global companies I have come across. They believe the IBM way is the best way and their procurement, recruitment and other back office functions are woeful. IBM "lifers" and ex PWC execs play the game of survival and management by cost reductions. They have no concept of how to vary strategy according to local market conditions, and their cost overheads render themselves uncompetitive iin all but the largest global deals.