Company: IBM
Date: 2016-08-20
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Lost Focus
Pros: Multitude of opportunities, eclectic interest groups, broad geographical dispersion of jobs (where do you want to work?), work from home possibilities
Cons: Company was more interested in diversity than shareholder value, being politically correct than increasing sales and profitability, cutting US workforce and outsourcing jobs than maximizing employee potential.  More than once I heard "this is not your father's IBM," and sadly, it was true.  Pay increases were nonexistent, even for top performers.  Advancement?  Forget it, especially if you were over 40.  Month-end focus?  Check.  Long-term focus?  Nope! Everything was built around Wall Street expectations, which were never met.  IBM is yesterday's company, not tomorrow's.