Company: IBM
Date: 2013-08-06
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Outsourced to IBM
Pros: Was able to keep accrued vacation. IBM supports community involvement and leaders in trying to help make the world a better place.
Cons: No more pension benefits.  IBM supported training as long as it was free or the employee paid for it. Being outsourced to IBM is like being in a little bubble that is loosely attached to the core company, but I never felt like I was ever integrated into the core company. The outsourcing contracts were reduced and cut until almost nothing was left. If a serious problem came up, experts from the core company showed up to fix and repair the relationship with the client, but then they left again leaving only the illusion that everything was under control until the client complained again.