Company: IBM
Date: 2013-08-06
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Good on a resume...but not what anyone expects
Pros: The environment is almost totally virtual; working from home was GREAT. IBM has resources, brand recognition and money to get information, analysis and respect that you will not find with many other organizations.  Response levels are HIGH; for good or bad employees are usually "online" or reachable in one way or another. There are some very high callibre people you will only work with in a company like IBM.
Cons: This is an enormous company with far too many useless layers of management.  Half my job was spent creating "fire-drill" reports for managers to present to their managers. Outside of certain labs and tech groups, there is very little innovation anymore; once a company is acquired all the monetary incentives do little to retain real talent or motivated employees.