Company: IBM
Date: 2012-01-11
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

Excellent firm for starting a business career, with intelligent, dedicated colleagues
Pros: World leader in business solutions and technology
Very strong research capabilities in technology and applied science
Truly global presence
Professional, work-oriented culture with high flexibility for work location
Faces very large proportion of Fortune 500 clients
Cons: Fairly rigid promotion processes, with limited short-term ability to reward top performers over typical strong performers
Average to below average compensation, with nonsensical salary differences between employees
Very tight expense management policies (e.g. overseas travel in economy class)