Company: IBM
Date: 2012-05-04
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former

If you get acquired, be afraid... be very afraid
Pros: Schedule Flexibility
Access to some very smart people at IBM
Easy to find people throughout the world
The initial policies weren't totally stupid
Cons: Misleading compensation practices.  Hides behind "IBM Policies" in very confusing legal documents yet never tells you what you'll be paid until you get your first paycheck.  
Nothing gets done because there's no leadership backbone and the 'matrix' environment allows anyone who wants to to say "no"
The company is run by legal and F&A meaning even if the matrix wasn't there.... nothing would get done.
Required a person 2 people from the CEO to finally approve $2,110 PO after 3 months to pay on an EXISTING obligation.  Experienced this 4 times with similar low amounts and no one could have cared less
No work/life balance, little to no management support and virtually zero recognition
Completely screwed up the integration and caused massive system problems that slowed sales deals down for months and caused us to miss our annual numbers.
NO one addresses problems head on.  Major initiatives are approved unanimously, including revenue, capital, and operating expense, yet no executive lives up to the commitment and pulls things back without regard to the business impact
Leadership seems to live to put responsibility on someone besides them and readily accepts mediocrity.
Had no idea how to do a unique compensation plan which ultimately led to a massive turnover (30%+) of sales virtually gutting the potential of the business.
This company and job will go down as the absolute worst employment experience of my career.