Company: IBM
Date: 2015-02-09
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former

Sr. certified  IT Architect in IBM when I quit
Pros: IBM was a good place to work for. I was lucky enough to be in department where my FLM and SLM encouraged me to take informed risks. I was one of the few who always got opportunities to take classes and gain new skills. There were many opportunities if you worked hard, had 3 wonderful mentors who took interest in advancing my career.
Cons: As the years went by the company culture changed drastically, the work-life balance was bad, lot of people worked many extra hours with little or no benefit. Training opportunities, career growth opportunities went away.  Team was rated with the system called PBC.  Non existent raise and bonus made the environment stressful. There was always a danger of being let go in the next round of cuts.