Company: IBM
Date: 2015-01-28
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

Profits above all and at all costs
Pros: The people are generally really great to work with. Well credentialed, professional and work well together. Salary and benefits are near par in the industry.
Cons: The current strategy is based on lower the employee expense base and as a result, many many positions are being moved to low cost countries. In spite of on going cost reduction activities, profits continue to disappoint. As a result, the  leadership has adopted a 'use a stick' philosophy of motivation. The performance review process forces a distribution on the management team to ensure a ready pool of individuals pre-identified for resource actions.