Company: IBM
Date: 2016-09-29
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Confirmed

IBM has given me work but no career growth
Pros: Brand name, training, salary, wfh for some roles, opportunities in different teams....
Cons: IBM in India works like a Babu company. Growth is limited - if they like your work, they try to give you regular hikes to keep you happy. If you don't have a God Father here, then growth in role and responsibilities can be forgotten. Year after year you will continue to work on several low budget projects whereas your Manager's yes-man will get just one big budget project. 
Leaders do not lead by example, lack courage and are busy micro-managing, firefighting and pleasing their GEO counterparts just so they get a good recommendation at the end of appraisal year. 
Whereas Managers are soft on GEO and hard on their own teams. They only want authority with zero accountability. 
Attrition is high but they don't care to arrest it. Hiring happens all year round. Selection of candidates is highly questionable as many can barely write a sentence using correct English. Getting work done on projects becomes a nightmare due to poor communication. Most Managers too refrain from writing emails knowing they'll be exposed. Most of them do their work over the phone or in person. This way nothing is documented and they have a clear escape route.
Coordinating with Transport guys is a daily head ache. Appraisal system is unfair, one sided. Managers are never evaluated on feedback from the very people they manage.
IBM values and culture are good on paper alone.