Company: IBM
Date: 2010-10-28
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

IBM Software Labs  India - good work environment, not much money
Pros: 1. Very wide product portfolio. Can learn almost everything in software world if you wish
2. Good work life balance
3. Friendly environment
4. Switching between roles is relatively easy
Cons: 1. Over last few years IBM/ISL has gone down in pay ladder. Below market salary

2. Company prefers Lateral hiring in  senior positions rather than promoting internal people

3. Over the years management is losing transparency and fairness. Still better than market but it's deteriorating rapidly - primarily owning to lateral recruitment in management cadre from  other companies. These people mostly don't know IBM values.

4. Do not expect great salary hike. IBM thinks the flexibility they are giving you must be compensated by low salary. HR simply don't care 'bout high attrition.