Company: IBM
Date: 2014-05-12
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Lost all the Good bits
Pros: A range a different jobs are available The technical people are still very good... But for how much longer
Cons: I took Voluntary redundancy after 25 plus years 1st Qtr 2014.  After they asked for volunteers and I said  yes please I was told no, we still need you, then 2 weeks later I was told actually you are for the chop! A classic example of the quality of the Mgmt.  The package was ok nothing special. 

The process is more important that anything else. 

Virtually all 2nd line Mgmt and above have next to no technical skills beyond turning on there laptops. The expense constraints are ridiculous and PBC process lost all credibility years ago. However it can potentially effect your career. I was lucky in that I had a really good 1st line for 7 to 8 years but many were not.

Short term results are everything. Things like orders placed THIS WEEK not this quarter even though the various teams are measured quarterly. I saw a colleague roasted alive virtually because an order slipped into the follow week, even though it was the same month and quarter... Madness!