Company: IBM
Date: 2017-03-03
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Old School at its core.they are trying to look progressive by doing things others did 15 yrs ago.
Pros: If and only if.. you find the right group within IBM you may get respected and treated well.. Particularly the groups associated with the high visibility Cloud or Watson development teams. Budgets are ridiculously thin elseware and you are a "Number" at best.
Cons: Everyone I have come into contact with, (rare exceptions) is a narcissistic, self serving person.. despite age, race, religion or sex.. anyone who has been with them more than a few years will adopt this attitude to survive the environment. They will check you in Blue pages to size up whether they should bother with you/ help you/ mentor you or even respond to an email. 
IBM is NOT a learning environment.. They will hire you because of what you know, and maybe a degree or certification.. but don't expect them to encourage or pay for anything more. Ginny will talk about the value of personal development and creativity and how open the Co. is to it.. Virtually everyone below her level must keep her in the dark about the reality. Because they use budget restriction excuses for not developing people, longer term employees were told within hours after her very public announcement kicking off the Th!nk40 that it was not going to happen for them.. Ask questions during your interview about when the last time was that anyone in the department got external training for their role.. Please, for god's sake.. consider the  offer carefully and read the agreement critically! you will be signing away you life in effect. very old school expectations of blind loyalty and commitment are expected. Which is only possible if you are completely ignorant and have zero experience in business.. I have worked for a few and this is not the cutting edge progressive Co. it should and needs to be to succeed.