Company: IBM
Date: 2016-05-16
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Loved the people hated the process.
Pros: I met some wonderfully talented people. I did learn a few new programs. Symphony is a terrible program compared to Microsoft.
Cons: The performance reviews were rigged. You were judged not on your personal achievements but on your "band" (level) on your floor on a bell curve. Just like in college. A couple would get 1s, a few would get 2+s, a lot would get 2s, a few would get 3s, and a couple would get 4s. 

Only the 1s & 2+s would get raises and if you got a 3 you were stuck in your position for 18 months. If you got a 4 you were walked out. 

Many times your work was not even comparable to the other band members' work but you were judged the same.