Company: IBM
Date: 2010-05-09
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current

This ain't your grandfather's IBM
Pros: The people at the worker-bee level are usually great to work with.  IBMers share a lot with each other, and at this level do respect each other.
Cons: For those of us who have worked for IBM for many years, and remember how it used to be, this ain't your grandfather's IBM.   In the 1980s and prior, people were put first.  Nowadays, IBM couldn't care less about retaining good people.  It's all profits that counts.   Your job at IBM doesn't matter.  You could be doing outstanding work, and if you just happen to be in a targeted department, goodbye.  You're out on your keester.

Hello, Europe, Middle East, and South America.  Oh, if you are "resourced" (a PC term for fired), you have 30 days to find another job within IBM...an almost impossibility with the current environment.  You can elect to transfer to India, Brazil, who knows maybe even Bosnia, and do your job there for a lot less salary.