Company: IBM
Date: 2016-06-13
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former

May be a good company in a decade, once a radical clean out takes place
Pros: + Some great talent working in the research labs and the product development groups. This was very evident at conferences.
+ Some great products, albeit that they are nuggets hidden within a sea of dross products.
Cons: - Totally confusing strategy and lack of direction from CEO level down. IBM is just too big for the people in charge to handle. 
- Every financial quarter brought another negative set of results compared to the previous quarter. Hence no bonus, and panicked shift in strategic direction in some way.
- Dealing with the convoluted IBM Sales organisation.
- Hard for new employees to earn respect from colleagues who have worked in IBM 25+ years. I found a tenure based system in place, where years of service seemed to be valued very highly.
- When emails were sent out with updates on some IBM initiative, the replies would all be slapping the back of the person with a more senior position, e.g. Great update Ginni, IBM is going to do great with this initiative...etc...
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