Company: IBM
Date: 2013-08-07
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

Focus on EPS, The Street & 2015 plan driving company at employee's expense. Not the place it used to be
Pros: Good work/life balance, work hour flexibility, met many good people but large number are being driven out of the company by current culture.
Cons: Senior Exec incentives tied to EPS and IBM 2015 plan cause the org to function with that as the sole short term focus at the expense of longer term value. More and more business is being run at the expense of the employees - both literally (internet access, printing/home office expenses, etc) and figuratively. Company continues to look for ways to cut expenses in ways that undermine employee experience (401K payments now moved to 1 payment at end of Dec. Leave, or get fired, before then and you get nothing). Continues to be a high degree of process which stifles innovation and productivity, especially for those that became part of IBM through acquisition.  Glut of talent at some levels, somewhat due to acquisitions, making advancement to some levels very difficult.