Company: IBM
Date: 2009-09-30
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former

CIO based Executive IT Architect
Pros: Great technology, can work at home, connected place.  In the CIO's office got good visibility of what was going on around IBM, but the sense of being able to effect  change across the company was sometimes quite strained.  Not always possible.  Overall IBM is easy to move around (in normal times) so can take widely different jobs without changing employer and losing benefits.
Cons: Mentoring and development is on your own.  Management ability overall is matrixed and relatively poor and unskilled.    Generally new people are very on their on.  Great place for real go getters, but not so good for others.  Can be difficult to move in times of tight times.