Company: IBM
Date: 2014-10-02
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

A once great company being destroyed by terrible leadership
Pros: When I started at IBM it was an amazing place to work. Great group of extremely dedicated talented and driven people. Superb, world-class education available to all employees, great culture, IBM had the world by the tail. That all changed when Sam Palmissano took over as CEO in 2001.
Cons: Sam destroyed the company via lack of vision, extremely poor leadership, and excessive cost cutting. IBM internally is now a terrible place to work, with constant layoffs and a culture of fear and intimidation. They are so tied up in their own bureaucracy that they can't get anything done quickly. Many of the superb employees have left and those that are left are afraid to do anything for fear of losing their jobs.