Company: IBM
Date: 2010-05-10
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: current

Leadership
Pros: There are excellent technical folks within the corporation.  These individuals are the "Real" drivers behind some of the new and innovative opportunities.  IBM financial group knows/understands how to manipulate the stock buyback process, during a downturn in the economic times, to keep the stock artificially inflated.  Great place to get experience out of college for only the first 2 years.
Cons: Currently there is no direction or guidance from the Senior Leadership positions.  The Senior management level is so removed from the customers and work being provided, that the company no longer has/or is following their own guidelines.  Outsourcing is the greatest buzz word with senior management, which is viewed as the "Magic Bullet" for their success.  Over the past 15 years, IBM has slowly been loosing market share.  In order to keep the balance sheet positive, they have had to sell off some of the most lucrative business tower(s): (PC Division and Federal Services Division).