Company: IBM
Date: 2013-06-23
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Bewildering, enlightening, frustrating, interesting
Pros: Collegial atmosphere
Looks good on your CV
Great systems and access to knowledge
Access to large, strategic projects
Easy to meet key decision makers
Opportunities to progress
"Work / life balance" (work remotely or in office as you choose)
Genuine commitment to equality and fairness
Cons: Old-school sales culture (think "selling is telling""death by powerpoint")
unmotivated and recalcitrant sales support staff ("I can't do a client meeting on Wednesdays, I'm picking my kids up...")
Inward looking culture (too many lifetime IBMers with stale ideas)
Unrealistic growth targets
Outdated hierarchical and macho management culture
Constant internal conflict where another part of IBM frequently costs you business
Process, forms, more forms, approvals, red tape
Pay below market rates