Company: IBM
Date: 2014-04-08
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

A good place to work, but no longer great.
Pros: lots of software firm acquisitions mean vitality of people and technology
excellent work-life balance, with lots of scope to work from home etc
very good collaborative culture - easy to access expertise and network
Cons: cutbacks in everything as we try to meet our 2015 market EPS target
payrises, training, team events, promotions all severely limited thanks to cost-cutting
expense policy is draconian
hard to get promoted as there are many career IBMers waiting in the pipeline
direct to market model under much pressure and Cloud changes the economics of IT
many many processes - learning curve on these is steep
culture often favours those who know the process, or know the right person rather than talent