Company: IBM
Date: 2008-11-24
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former

Great working environment in Research division.
Pros: IBM had a very relaxed environment.  Although I was a co-oping for them while finishing my masters degree, the atmosphere was very laid back.
Cons: If you work for IBM for a long time and try to move to another industry, you're in for a little culture shock, most places aren't that laid back compared to IBM.  I know several people who left IBM to work for one of the big finance companies and they went back to IBM to beg for their job back because they couldn't handle the workload and amount of off-hour commitments.  Try to keep yourself up to date on technologies and hardware that's going on outside of IBM to avoid becoming a dinosaur.