Company: IBM
Date: 2014-08-02
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

Many talented people, frequently stretched thin as the company aims to execute on new strategies and existing business.
Pros: There are many people with very good technical skills in the company, and a strong work ethic.  Having been with the company for a long time, in my opinion there is no longer "dead weight" in contrast to 20 years ago when there were still employees with mentality that IBM was a place of lifetime employment regardless of contribution level.  

The career opportunities are especially good for new entrants into the company (college hires).
Cons: The company is trying to execute on new strategies which is both exciting and stressful - the legacy businesses are still critical to maintain which stretches resources thin.  

There are a lot of experienced and hardworking employees with limited opportunities.