Company: IBM
Date: 2015-08-10
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former

Formerly wonderful company to work for
Pros: 1. Flexible about working from home and ok with working odd hours
2. Pay only slightly below average for industry
3.Very smart hard working colleagues. Supportive peer to peer relationships.
Cons: 1. Absolutely no job security, no matter how well you are doing or what your First Line Manager thinks of you. 
2. cheap, cheap, cheap. The last plant I worked at was falling apart. Roof leaked, only half the lights in the hallways were lit. Computer equipment was old with many repairs required. Internal network often overwhelmed so badly that most "all division communications" sessions failed. Email often fails. 
3. the last 10 years average raise 1%...... many got 0%... a really good raise was 3%
4. Due to constant RA's ( firings ) everybody left was overworked. People in support jobs required to make up hours taken for vacation.....ergo no paid vacations for them.
5. Benefits cut every year.
6. I had 40 years with IBM and very glad to be retired.