Company: IBM
Date: 2016-09-07
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current

Unbelievable Experience!
Pros: Summit is life changing! Throughout the 6-9 months of training, people are taken from being recent graduates with little experience to young sales professionals ready to sell for Big Blue. In the program, you learn how to not only be an effective sales person, but you also learn about how to engage with C-level execs. The salary is outstanding and the company is focused on investing in you through education. Managers are fantastic and truly care about enabling you to succeed. There is some travel involved. Lastly, the best part about Summit is that you are put with 30-40 people your age that you stay with throughout the program. This is not only great for networking, but it's absolutely crucial to building the culture and your experience at IBM. Some of the people in my group have become my best friends.
Cons: There are some cons about working here- IBM is an extremely large company and it's easy to get lost in the mix. It was also difficult initially to find enough work to do because they start everyone off slow. However, with that being said, it's on YOU to make sure you have your needs met. Whether that is by asking for more work, getting involved on different project teams, or telling your manager you're overwhelmed. A lot of my peers complain about things in the program that they have complete control over to change.