Company: IBM
Date: 2014-04-05
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former

Average pay, difficult to get past bureaucracy
Pros: In IBM Research you will in general find smart above average PhDs. Flexible schedule most of the time, and the possibility of extra vacation at partial pay. IBM Research is usually open to academic collaborations and encourages publications.
Cons: Bureaucracy and lack of resources to achieve your goals are the biggest problems. IBM Research model is on the one hand individual-oriented, but it is hard to get resources other than your salary. On the other hand, when teams are formed, they are usually big and scattered around the globe, so more often than not, credit for success goes to a very small number of high-rank managers.