Company: IBM
Date: 2010-02-04
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former

Engineering Middle Management
Pros: When I joined IBM was in the mist of designing, manufacturing, shipping and support the System 360 line of computers. The S/360 catapulted IBM to the fortune 500. Innovation in technology  was the driving force that set IBM ahead of it's competitors until the late 1980's.
Cons: In the late 80's IBM abandoned it's technology roots. Started buying other companies technology putting it in a Blue Box with IBM logo and marking it up 40%. IBM sold off the DISK file business to Hatatci and cut way back on developing advanced technologies in favor of growing the SERVICE functions. IBM now has NO Competitive Advantage. EDS and many other companies are good at SERVICE. IBM has outsourced much of it's workforce to India and Japan. The health plan is but a shadow of the great plan offered in the 1970's.