Company: IBM
Date: 2010-01-12
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

A good stepping stone in your career, but don't settle for the lack of internal growth opportunities and low wages
Pros: Allows you to build a great foundation in IT product knowledge, solution selling, sales forecasting and account management. The training opportunities are plenty. It's a great stepping stone for a sales career and will open many doors.
Cons: All the entry level lead general sales positions are contract-based. It's very hard to get promoted to a regular hire - virtually takes forever. Hiring managers may give you the impression that promotions come by more often than they actually do. The salaries are rather low compare to the work you do and not competitive at all with other IT companies. Bonus structure rather than commission limits your earnings.