Company: IBM
Date: 2011-09-05
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

A comfortable life but beware the PBC
Pros: Job security, respect for you as a person, strong sense of being a team
Cons: Too much middle management with no power (by design of course!).  PBC process designed to keep you busy and distracted but offers litte benefit other than a stick to 'beat ' you with.  So, when you come to fight your corner for whatever reason they have little chance of improving your lot.  Crux of the PBC is 'giveback' which largely ensures company recognition for worthless/futile but attention seeking and brown-nosing activities.  Obviously that is a generalisation and the motto is (unlike others that just moan) to work to you own career objectives and career plan and not get too bogged down with the PBC machine. Summary, play the 'game'  when you have to don't expect to sit back and expect recognition for being the wonderful person as you obviously are ;o)