Company: IBM
Date: 2015-11-04
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

CBD Consultant
Pros: -Brand name recognition is the biggest pro (makes switching job/applying to school a lot easier).
-Decent benefits and entry level compensation (including sign-in bonus)
-Unique and interesting projects available.
-Hours vary but are usually manageable for Public Sector (cap at 40-44 hours and partially remote)
-Travel perks (hotel points and mileage)
-Lots of people your age (if in 20s) in start class
Cons: -Lots of resistance and passive aggressiveness from upper management which can lead to a toxic environment.
-Lack of variety in projects (especially in public sector where options are severely limited) and difficult process in switching out (tons of paperwork and fighting amongst project managers at times).
-Lack of career advancement, bonuses, and promotions (a lot of document is required to apply for a promotion). Sole focus is on utilization rate (if you're on a capped project, forget about going anywhere).
-Required training is not applicable or useful (the program mandates an additional 40 hours of online training in addition to training sessions, all of which are in soft skills).
-High turnover rate and dissatisfaction (many entry level people leave right after their 1st or 2nd year since advancement and availability of interesting projects is not too great)