Company: IBM
Date: 2014-09-09
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Good company for US employees, disappointing for international execs
Pros: Good opportunities to move across the company, network, strong culture of mentoring, good executive packages. Good work-life balance if you give up on a career and just plan to cruise along.
Cons: Close to impossible to rise up executive ranks when not based in the USA. Culture of cronyism and yes-people. Individual "PBC" ratings really destroy team dynamics and actual good leadership, whereas "networking" and "getting visibility" are the way to promotion. Very poor work life balance for higher up execs.