Company: IBM
Date: 2014-06-30
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Broken promises - Dishonest Management - No consistency
Pros: There are some great people that venture into employment at IBM. The older staff offer a depth of experience missing in some organisations. Many of these staff have been pushed out the door without receiving entitled benefits however.
IBM attracts the brightest graduates with promises of great careers and long term employment. Unfortunately for most this is not the case and due to the extremely high management churn there is no proper guidance or consistency.
Cons: Inexperienced new managers would attempt to reorganise departments every 10-12 months with no real understanding or appreciation for how staff are juggling multiple hats. NZ is managed by Australia and treated like Tasmania - due to the small revenue contribution. IBM NZ management are powerless to support staff and this often leads to broken promises. Cutbacks in 2011-2012 left the business very lean, now IBM is hiring for 30+ staff just to get back to baseline contractual commitments.