Company: IBM
Date: 2011-03-14
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

It used to be good,  but now.... :-(
Pros: Career opportunities
Opportunities to learn
Structure to learn
thousands of job's to choose from
Cutting edge world changing projects
The people
Good direction from Management
Flexibility and good work/life balance
Structured appraisals process
Slackers identified and marginalised or booted
Some really good people managers
Good structure with local management.
Cons: It's all about shareholder profits.
Sam makes no sense. 
Politics hampers innovation
Too many people there to steal your thunder and cut your throat while doing it
Trust diminishing within
Senior leadership live in ivory towers - disconnected completely from the coal face
Entirely scorecard/numbers driven, the bean counters are in control
Bean counters are not human.
Austerity measures poorly implemented - stifles creativity and demoralises
Too much reliance on process
Poor compensation compared to others in the industry
Poor rewards, pittance for being a 1 performer 5 years in a row
Takes ages to get any changes made
Some really bad people managers, cause attrition of really good people
Coveting of information that could make change (politics driven)
Poor communications at times (left hand right hand stuff)
Bad change management
Did I already say Exec's live in ivory towers?.