Company: IBM
Date: 2015-01-27
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Trying to cling on to positive memories..........but.............
Pros: Some residual prestige associated with the name. I honestly thought I could find more to say than this, but I can't.
Cons: *Poor executive management, largely there to maximise personal gain before leaving. Most do not believe 'the strategy' will work and don't care.
*Cowardly managment chain, not prepared to challenge obvious stupidity or without the stomache/dedication for a fight. Many are just trying to get in as many paydays as they can and have also lost belief.
*Hard-nosed, naval gazing HR who churn out unpopular and irrelevant -initiatives, hence consuming even more of the precious time which employees no longer have..
*Pervasive self preservation rather than team co-operation to serve the customer.
*Tick sheet/ call centre/low cost centre mentality, even where totally inappropriate, leading to 'hidden' extra costs to solve problems
*Broken and massively discredited performance appraisal system, now almost completely hijacked for other purposes..
Professional judgement, constructive challenge and considered 'risk taking'  suppressed.