Company: IBM
Date: 2017-09-12
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

No longer a merit based advancement system
Pros: Good work life balance. Chance to work on interesting projects and interact with bright people.
Cons: IBM Research has gone to extremes in recent years to advance the careers of women. While there is no doubt that historically many talented women have been discriminated against, this is no longer the case and programs designed to give priority to women over men in technical leadership roles need to be critically questioned. The levels to which these programs are practiced has made it very difficult for qualified men to advance in the company and many top (male) AI researchers have left as a result. I realize that no place is a perfect meritocracy but IBM has swayed so far way from one that it has compromised its ability to attract top talent.