Company: IBM
Date: 2010-08-19
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

IBM:  Causes mild indigestion and burnout
Pros: If you've never worked prior to IBM, or you've worked outside of your field of interest (e.g. bar tending, fast food, seasonal employee), then IBM can give you a learning experience.
Cons: Low pay.  High expectation from management about taking overtime mostly because the OT is due to bad management of delivery, from the requirements phase all the way to the deployment phase.  You don't just pull your weight you pull everyone else's for no reward.  Your time is treated trivially by management.  Employees are leaving in droves, along with talent and experience, which means at some point a ton of responsibility will be on your shoulders, with unchanged expectations about delivery.  You will be a scapegoat for bad management.