Company: IBM
Date: 2014-03-04
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Associate Partner
Pros: Amazingly smart people! If you have a chance to work with IBM Research - take it ! Fantastic organization. IBM'ers are wicked smart and very professional.  IBM really gets behind clients if they are hired. Great job experience for Band 7, 8 and 9's ( younger less experienced resources) but plan an exit strategy.
Cons: 1. IBM is very hard to do business with as far as clients are concerned ( from a contracting perspective as they expect everyone to bend to their Ts&Cs, 2). Sales teams are cutthroat and will run you over for deal credit - make sure if you get involved in a "deal" that you have in writing what our "cut" is up front  - sometimes even that won't matter and 3) make your sales target EVERY YEAR or you will be fired immediately. No "performance improvement  plan" - just good bye and so long.