Company: IBM
Date: 2015-07-13
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Cutting to the Bone
Pros: Flexibility in hours
Ability to work-from-home 
Average to a bit above-average salary
RRSP Match
Cons: - Only driven by quarter-to-quarter metrics, no long term vision (the reason IBM is suffering in every one of the megatrend areas like Cloud)
- Continued cost-cutting has affected every element of the business - the most pressing concern is that lack of funds/headcount has eliminated innovation - even in the 'favored' businesses (Analytics, Cloud, Security...). Development teams barely able to keep the lights on. 
- Senior execs are lifers 20 or 30 years in the business - they are unable to see the company failing miserably from their place in the bubble
- Pointless (if not misleading) press releases to hide all of the above - which front line workers must sugarcoat for customers, analysts, press
- 'Span of Control' means that headcount is cut, then managers are demoted, then headcount is cut again, and managers are demoted - this happens annually if not quarterly. 
- Bonus is nonexistent - do not expect a bonus - Even top performers (band 9 and below) might see 2% on a good year these days.
- Travel expense policies mean you either eat at McDonald's while you're travelling or you pay out of pocket. By the way - lunch isn't covered in your travel expense as "you'd have to pay for that at home anyway"