Company: IBM
Date: 2014-12-02
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

You have to be in the right place at the right time
Pros: Smart! The average IQ of the company and ability to access big thinkers, new ideas and exciting innovation is everywhere....if you are willing to look for it.  The charTacter of most of the people is solid.  IBM cares about the customer and the client's success.  The products IBM brings to market are typically very good quality.   The overall culture of the company is good, laid back but professional....adult.
Cons: There are WAY too many chiefs and not enough Indians.  The company is so large and has so many Vice Presidents fighting for turf that the people who actually do the work, innovate, bring value to customers & make decisions are used until lost in the nonsense.  Middle management makes bad business decisions and manages people poorly due to short term thinking and self preservation.  The overhead of "being a company" has overshadowed the value we deliver to our customers. Different divisions don't work well together and are often working at cross purposes.