Company: IBM
Date: 2020-12-18
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Great Learning Place,
Pros: 1. SAP learning Hub Access to all SAP Consultants- to upskill and stay relevant.
2. Encourage -Voluntary nomination for getting SAP Certification
3. Laptop on Day 1 for all associates above band 7.
4. Employee stock option provision - one can opt (optional)
5. Slack - Connects all IBM teams and promotes quality discussion on trending topics and happenings across IBM.
6. Bonus is paid yearly (No variable pay concept, Fixed CTC)
Cons: 1. Hike and Salary are based on skills market value % Indicator. It is drawback, though you outperform , if IBM metric shows you fall under 110% of market value. You are Manager may not offer any hike.
2. Promotion criteria is not very effective. You may not get any promotion for quite a long time . Salary hike on promotion is also not transparent.
3. IBM Cloud ,Watson tools are confined to respective teams and not generally available for all employees to work on.