Company: IBM
Date: 2015-12-01
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Life at IBM
Pros: Career paths in the professions such as PM, Architect, Consultant or Technical Specialists are well defined and promotion is possible via internal certification and job performance.
If you're in the right job you have flexiblity about where you work eg from home.  But it depends on the line manager.  Some are old school.  Don't assume you'll be able to work from home.
The more senior you are the more autonomy you have.
Cons: Management are always looking for ways to save a tiny bit of cash by reducing staff benefits.  There are fewer desks than employees and hot desking is often forced even if the work requires office attendance everyday.  No Internet expenses, even if you work from home because of the lack of desks.   No rubbish bins at desks in order to save cleaner cost.  You must find the single rubbish bin on each floor everytime you have a bit of rubbish otherwise it accumulates on your desk.   Tea and coffee in the kitchen has gone.  Somehow it is thought that staff heading out for coffee will somehow save money and improve productivity.