Company: IBM
Date: 2015-08-30
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Security Specialist
Pros: It is a beginner's job or a job for those already on a pension or another family income. It could lead to other opportunities outside of IBM. When you go to other IBM sites, it's a different and better world.
Cons: Too many to mention.  Benefits are very expensive.  Under staffed. GBS internal costing has you always working. Take a day off and you have to make up someone else's time off. No flex time. The job is only as good as the manager.  Expect no raises. HR lied about raise and bonus potential when they knew the job had no raise or promotional abilities.  To move up, expect to move out to other sites or out of IBM. 

Management has a "I got mine" mentality.  You need a insider friend to steer you to a better band level. Prepare to be taken advantage of. 

As everything in life... buyer beware!