Company: IBM
Date: 2017-10-09
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

A once great company that has gone down the tubes...
Pros: Good benefits with low premiums if only insuring self.  The work culture is good if employees are willing to be located at one of the strategic work locations, but work/life balance and flexibility is starting to decrease from what it was 10 or 20 years ago.
Cons: The company has fostered a culture of employees constantly looking over their shoulders  to see if they will be next on the current round of layoffs.  Layoffs (or "Resource Actions" as IBM likes to so eloquently phrase it) occur two to three times a year for the past 8 years.  The company's overall business strategy is unclear and constantly changing, and it is hard to pinpoint just what service or product receives clear priority in their strategy.  Base pay increases (raises) from year to year are very low at 1% to 2% and bonuses (when an employee gets them) are usually no more than about 1% to 2%.