Company: IBM
Date: 2014-07-01
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Worst working environment I've ever experienced
Pros: Entry Level job with a well known brand. Solution Sales training is good.
Cons: The job is basic. Lots of distributed system, huge amount of administration to get job done. 20 or so different databases with customer information.

One size fits all enterprise, no exceptions, management not capable of making decisions or influencing anything. Location in Ballycoolin is appallingly old-fashioned. Little natural lighting, canteen food is horrendous.
Bonus is paid on an exponential curve, and capped at the bottom. Unless you reach at least 80% of your number you don't get any bonus at all. It's also capped on top. Plan documents are only communicated after you sign the contract, so no visibility into to be expected salary. Bonus calculation takes very long 2-3 months and cannot be tracked or checked.