Company: IBM
Date: 2016-11-29
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

IBM Public Sector Consulting is a good place to work
Pros: - Public sector consultants mostly stay in the DC area, so there isn't as much travel as commercial consultants.
- Pay starts off very competitive when you're first hired on.
- IBM's software suite and knowledge base is unmatched.
- Good coworkers, good clients, good work/life balance.
Cons: - IBM is very stingy about bonuses, and annual raises do not keep up with the market. After you've been at IBM for a while you're better off leaving for a year or two, then coming back, in order to stay at a competitive salary.
- There's a lot of bureaucracy and pointless busywork that affects your annual performance review. But that's probably unavoidable at a company the size of IBM.