Company: IBM
Date: 2008-06-12
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

Sometimes, the US is ahead - and why it is different to work in Germany
Pros: Top Notch technology and R&D, Best Patent performance for more than 10 years, great portfolio, great elearning and employability activities. Good long term strategy defined by Sam - but sometimes the translation into activities in offices outside the US does not clearly demonstrate where the company is headed.
Cons: Bureaucratic, too many processes and stiff expense management sometimes keeping sales people to travel. Restructuring and change management is sometime kept as a top level managmeent initiative and taking employees onto that journey requires a closer knowledge of where the pain is. Discussions about chang ein pension, cut of salaris, unreachable targets does not add to the credibility of senior management.