Company: IBM
Date: 2015-12-26
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Frustrating.  IBM Ireland is by far the cheapest and meanest company I have had the misfortune to work for. Avoid.
Pros: Good technical experience,  a bit behind the curve but in general they catch up with the competition.  I have had some nice workmates too.
Cons: The promotion system is based on self promotion. This his over time has meant any decent management will just leave. Leaving a complete set of people who are completely out of their depth and only skilled at self promotion. I have had a string of managers whom I either never dealth with, or were completely incapable ongoing anything. I had one incompetent manager repeatedly defend a bullying team lead, as he had no confidence in getting anything done on his own back. Of course this system leaves you no other routes open.They are tied to this outdated ridiculous bell curve system.  Which means each team has to carry a dead beat. And promotions are rare and not based on ability. To get promote people morph into....   Well incompetent self promoters. Canteen is probably the worse in the developed world. Office space converted factory no natural daylight at all. Depressing space. I only Wfh 2days a week to get out of that grim office.  In short, a dreadful culture, no career track, and some not so great people to work with. Managed by threats.  

I'm extremely happy not to be working there anymore.