Company: IBM
Date: 2016-07-01
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former

A company with faceless human resources
Pros: * very good flexibility in terms of work from home or any office locations
* best suited for female employees looking for work-life balance and flexi timings
Cons: * Human Resource keeps employees outside of their purview for interaction...you may not even know who is your HR partner if your People Manager doesn't want you to...certainly HR doesn't want you to!!
* The IBM US treats India office employees as bonded laborers expecting them to continuously work in shifts or odd times and at time even enters into a contract with US customers to supply (read sell) resources named in their contracts....so for all practical purposes the customer controls whether you take vacation, which time you work and doesn't allow you to leave projects adversely impacting employee's career growth. And no, HR doesn't even talk to you for such concerns!!
* No career growth for Leadership roles as its too top heavy and only if you are part of "elite" company of people you would get backed up...no matter what your performance rating was.
* No increase in compensation for years...again no matter what was your performance rating.