Company: IBM
Date: 2016-09-09
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

The Downward Spiral Continues..
Pros: - Still some good technical people and first level management there, but they are fewer with each round of cuts
- Good place  for grads to get a foot in the door of IT industry and gain exposure to technology and client accounts - if you're lucky with your placement -  if not your rotation may consist of nothing but processing time-sheets and other mundane tasks
- Work remotely / from home in many positions, but those positions will be off-shored of course
Cons: - Morale low & environment toxic with staff fearing for their jobs and being the front line for angry clients who are not getting the service they pay for.
- Remuneration below market rates & pay rises / bonuses mostly non-existent
- Antiquated bell curve staff performance rating, leaves high performing staff with low ratings, further driving down morale
- Process overload. Processes are great to churn out standard pieces of work, but process for the sake of process & entering same stats into multiple systems (that don't get looked at anyways) is ridiculous
- Some areas with bullying management culture, forcing people to work extra hours, often at short notice. Staff paid for 37.5 hours a week but expected to work more like 50. 
- Work life balance is just talk, you will be a number for the bean counters to grind down to nothing
- Training available (online) but will need to be taken in your own time or you will not meet work hours target.
- I could go on & on, but I think you get the point - there's way more CONS than Pros!