Company: IBM
Date: 2017-08-04
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

International Budgeted Mediocrity
Pros: Are you starving and/or can't find another job? Are you mediocre at your profession? Come to IBM, they will take you!
Cons: Hmm where to begin, first of all the place wreaks of budget problems. Chairs that are broken or stained. Absolutely disgusting.

When I joined they gave me a broken chair. Upon discussing with the facilities manager he told me to go steal one from someone else. Wow.

If you need equipment like a headset or cable which you need to do your job, they will tell you to go buy one yourself. 

Someone is probably stealing the water that is supposed to be given to the employees because it arrives at random times, frequency and quantity.

Political games that arise from people that have probably given up trying to be responsible or are too stressed to care.  No attention paid to soft skills when hiring results in a hostile 'tit-for-tat' work environment.

Outdated technologies, tools and processes. There is company literature on doing it the right way, but it is not followed. Attempting to promote better processes or tools is met with strong opposition from management. Staying at IBM for a long time is a sure way to plateau your knowledge and drain your soul.

There are some good people but the company is infested with mediocre, at best, people in key positions. These are the dinosaurs that have been with the company for 10 years which couldn't get a job anywhere else if they died trying. Capable, well-rounded people come and go once they get fed up or find better opportunities.

Ridiculous requests from management like asking to plan the rest of your vacation days 8 months in advance with 3 days notice. Or enforcing a dress code that is outright dangerous in 95 degree weather. Then they send an email to take "warm showers" to avoid heat exhaustion. There are no showers or locker rooms here so I don't know what planet they are from when they send these things.

I am sometimes ashamed to tell people I work for IBM. All the good people I knew at the company have left for higher salaries and better working conditions.