Company: IBM
Date: 2016-06-22
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former

Change on the horizon, or is it?
Pros: If your job allows, the ability to be able to work from home is a definite plus because I am able to avoid Austin's commutes.  The benefit package is pretty  good if you are single.
Cons: The thinking behind and implementation of the ineffective and destructive performance review process is supposed to be changing this year.  The challenge for the management team will be how to effectively change the thinking behind the old approach to performance review, with it's focus on "distributions" or quotas. This thinking is very ingrained in our corporate culture. Sadly, the previous system was build on outright untruths formally perpetuated by the management team, such as, "There is no quota system.", which is legendary within IBM. You cannot build a team when staff are effectively played off against each other to improve their "relative contribution".  This would be at the heart of why staff avoid taking on projects with inherent risk because they are afraid of being punished if they don't achieve an aggressive goal by loosing their meager pay increase, being ranked lower, and possibly becoming the target of a layoff.