Company: IBM
Date: 2016-03-04
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former

Financial Analyst
Pros: Terrific resume builder,  Flex Fridays, very casual dress code, nice and friendly co-workers.  You will have the opportunity to learn a lot and say you did a lot because you are working with large dollar amounts with big clients/ expense depts within IBM.
Cons: Everything is gray, dark, and blue in building.  Day 1 will be very important for you, as you could get placed in a good or not so good department.  Roles open up all the time because the turnover is very high. You will probably get a second role around your one year mark (probably no pay increase).  Work life balance varies from role to role greatly.  If you are unlucky you will get one of the roles that require 65+ hours/ week, and can easily get paid the same as a person who works 30.  You could get a few days of relevant role training, or a month depending on if the person training you is still there.  Higher up people in COE will tell you their success stories from being in the COE.  I have only heard success stories from people who left IBM, or are way older and were there before COE started, so they were already at the top.