Company: IBM
Date: 2010-03-29
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current

Working for IBM used to be a source of great pride.....
Pros: - Great Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, ect.)
Cons: - Wage increases haven't met the increases in cost of living for years.
- Outsourcing to BRIC countries continues to cause IBM US employees to lose jobs and as a result those who remain are forced to pick up more duties to make up for the losses.
- Although IBM touts itself as 'work/life balance' friendly the hours employees are required to work are not friendly to that balance.
- Cost control has reached the point that the company is spending more money auditing costs than the actual costs involved.
- Business and Audit control requirements are becoming so overwhelming that it's become impossible to keep up with the reports and systems to track these items.
- Senior Management is out of touch on the affects of Outsourcing and cost cutting to the employees and as a result to the customers.