Company: IBM
Date: 2010-03-09
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

IBM stands for I'm By Myself
Pros: Competitive benefits package
Compensation is fair to competitive
Association with a powerful brand
Cons: No feeling of community
Utilization is THE metric upon which consultants are evaluated
Staffing on projects is more determined by the need to get consultants utilized rather than staffing on projects to promote professional career growth
You're allowed 8 weeks on the bench.  After that, you're going to be let go. This was a new policy implemented in the Fall of 2009.
Consultants are assigned a "coach." They're useless. Mentoring and helping consultants to manage their careers is not a part of their KPIs, so they don't hold it as a high priority.