Company: IBM
Date: 2016-06-23
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: current

A Sinking Ship (Sr. Architect)
Pros: Lets face it - IBM (like Yahoo) is not doing well. 

Its share price has halved in the last 2 years - and there are few takers for its Bluemix cloud service.

The consequence is phased "resource action" - i.e. redundancies each month.

I've seen many of my colleagues being made redundant in the last few years.

There is no budget for training - and  there is enormous pressure on remaining billable by joining projects that are entirely out of whack with one's skill set.

Employees spend more time looking for jobs than trying to do a better job.

Strangely, the hiring for permanent roles is ongoing - although there is not enough work. 

Many new hires are rendered redundant even before completing their initial 6 month probation.

Joining IBM in the UK? - think again.
Cons: Wave upon wave of redundancies affects employee morale.
Poor work-life balance.
Excessive travel.
No training budget.
Limited options for career growth.