Company: IBM
Date: 2013-12-12
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former

Numerous years of skills expansion in leading edge technologies while working amongst a diverse workforce
Pros: * Opportunities to expand knowledge and skills in leading edge technologies
* Promotes imaginative and innovative thinking
* Flexible work schedule
* Variety of family hr programs
Cons: * IBM's top priority is MONEY - at the cost of their employees - IBM has turned cheap on it's employees
* Classroom Education has essentially demolished - most all classes are on-line self-study and are very limited in selection and MANY of those require management approval. If you are a programmer and want to take a class at a community college to enhance your skills that directly apply to your current position - the cost is yours! Even tuition as low as $125!
* Employee health benefits have greatly reduced - large deductibles and co-pays with limited in-network selection; Randy McDonald warned RTP, NC employees that if Obama was elected, IBMers would pay the price...AND WE HAVE!
* Business travel has greatly reduced - educational conferences, even for top performers, are unheard of.
* Coffee/tea anyone? That will cost you the SAME price as Starbucks...$1.60 and more...NO KIDDING! NOTHING IS FREE anymore! Cafeteria food quality has gone down and their prices are more than outside the IBM facilities!
* So as to save money in utilities, office supplies and workspace, IBM encourages work from home, thus, reducing team spirit and production.
* Salary and Raises? They are getting more and more skimpy and give team members identical excuses, regardless of performance.
* IBM should stand for INDIAN BUSINESS MACHINES. Outsourcing to India is huge and hurting so many IBM US employees. Job stability is threatened with outsourcing.