Company: IBM
Date: 2017-06-07
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Former Blue Harmony Team Lead
Pros: The greatest thing about IBM is their work/life balance,  the benefits, the Teams I worked with and the Leadership of the Managers and Team Leads that I worked under.  The best in the business!  IBM was my dream job a long time before I was hired FT.  Before being hired FT with a once then reputable company, I was a contractor.  The IBM Management that I reported to saw my worth and treated me and others with respect.  When I was hired, it was a dream come true.  All my hard work finally paid off.  I worked with phenominal people who were patient, and compassionate with their peers and IBM.  At that time, IBM was doing quite well.  Life was great for all until 9/11/2001 happened.   Todays IBM may be different.  It may be growing in a more positive direction.
Cons: When 9/11/2001 happened, it took a toll on IBM as well as other businesses.  The 9/11 affect was a slow trickle of poison to IBMs business.  However, I loved my job and the area I worked.  I thrived along with my peers.  Things were great until more and more resource actions were happening.  I was fortunate to be where I was until I decided to accept a job offer with no raise but a lateral move where the wind was blowing.  In the first year in this job, I worked the hardest I ever had in a job in my entire working life.  However, because I was at the bottom end of the totem pole I received an 'average' rating and NO raise.  My heartdropped and so did my morale.  I had two counterparts doing basically the same thing, and getting paid significantly more, but they were secure and up on the totem pole farther.   I knew then that I had two more years to go of being resourced.  That was the word in the hallways and it proved to be true.  Very disappointing in a company that I had dreamt of working for, for many years.   Before that, I excelled and received above average ratings and raises.  The fear of being resourced always lingered every time that dreaded news surfaced.   To me and others, this was just a way of resourcing employees.   Offer someone a new opportunity just so they can give you the shaft.  It did not matter how hard you worked.  It all depended on your placement on the totem pole.   So if you have been working in a job for a while, stay where you are at.  Do not leave.  I have applied for jobs at IBM since then, that I was very qualified for, but I am not given a fair chance.  I even had interviewed for a job before I was kicked out,  which I was positive I had, but the response I got was, 'We cannot hire you at this time'.   More disappointing news.   I believe I am flagged from being given an equal opportumity on jobs that I know I meet the qualifications.