Company: IBM
Date: 2019-12-25
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Once a pioneer,  now a company  desperately trying to catch-up in the Digital world.
Pros: Good eLearning and badge verified achievement system for employees.
Cons: The company offices and conference rooms look worn out.. needs a good paint job on some... old style office rooms rather than open plan... lack of understood direction in middle management to senior management policy execution... there is widespread duplication of practices which flow over to inter team unhealthy dynamics - stepping on toes  for work rather than working together.... many conference rooms have sockets  not fit for the new Mac laptops. The bench policy is especially draconian and needs to be quickly understood by anyone new joining  today.  IBM once was a magical place to work with innovation abound and the place to aspire to working at....for instance employee days  where they inspire the workforce - free shirts etc. However today it feels more like a worn out company desperately trying to catch-up  - buying Redhat as an example to inject something new.   Whilst some of the tools, skills and staff have good ideas, the IBM machine stifles, rather than nurtures, innovation. I wish I could be more positive but I would think carefully before joining IBM today.