Company: IBM
Date: 2010-01-07
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current

Nepotism Trumps Competence
Pros: company with solid financials, established footprint in emerging markets, breadth of portfolio, well established and respected brand, as saying goes 'no one is fired for hiring IBM'
Cons: large and disconnected organization, insular groups with no incentive to work with other groups or divisions, new hires left to their own devices to acclimate to firm and figure out how to be successful, career path unclear, nepotism rampant and trumps competence in career advancement, 20yr veterans has top slots so newcomers have a while to wait to reach senior level, matrix management of at least two managers for each employee is a waste of money and cons outweigh the pros