Company: IBM
Date: 2016-05-05
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Honest review as a recent graduate (GBS Consulting)
Pros: Great people/Good training opportunities/Working from home on Fridays for most projects/hotel, taxis and food paid for if on remote client location (meaning free gym, free breakfast/dinner and free hotel points)/decent pay for a grad/Graduate program is well regarded outside of the company/great support network e.g. managers and mentors/little hierarchy within the company (besides politics with clients, which probably happens in any consultancy)/able to switch roles every few months, work with different companies and have control over role choice/lots of interesting opportunities e.g. Volunteering outside of normal work
Cons: Bureaucracy. Doesn't seem to celebrate or recognise individual talents and interests. Graduate scheme very misleading before joining. Unfortunately many bright graduates from technical background seem to leave due to limited technical training and opportunity for junior roles that are not boring project management or business processes anyone could do. Company trying to become more "management consulting" and putting less focus on individual talent seems unsustainable. Very hard to get an fulfilling role due to little transparency unless you are lucky. Tight budget and focus on cost cutting means training courses and promotion rounds get cancelled.