Company: IBM
Date: 2014-03-09
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current

Great People, Poor Environment
Pros: Large, well-recognized company.
Vast breadth of experience and opportunity.
Work from Home
Work-Life Balance (not true for everyone).
Cons: Executive focus on EPS at the expense of product development, employee satisfaction/retention, and customer satisfaction.
Executive compensation based on EPS drives this.
Banding system & "80% of market salary" guidance artificially suppress earnings.
401(k) contribution only once per year.
PBC reviews use outdated "Stack ranking" system requiring underrating of some employees despite performance.
"Resource Action" culture and lack of transparency has most employees running scared.
IBM Core Values are frequently violated from the top down, and have become a joke.