IBM reviews

no education money, poor management, lack of communication between upper management and people who do the actual work No explanation of how to get ahead except to bill more hours to the client. I find that highly unethical and down right criminal if you are not really doing work. Capped project that only allow for 40 hours of billing and then at the end of the year - your performance is down rated because you did not bill at the expected rate. I put in 60 to 80 hours per week with no help from management - even when this was brought up on several occasions. My reviewer who never worked with me or saw my work - was allowed to berate my performance because of the 40 hours per week billing cap. This is discusting. There is no training except for "FREE" training which is basically "SALES" - so how are you supposed to keep "CURRENT" when you are not allowed to go to classes.

Dealing with globalization may not be easy. Teams that coordinates with offshore teams often work long, strange hours. You might be expected to attend meetings (online, at home ok) as early as 7am or as late as 10pm. More agile than a company of similar size is still big. Product cycle is slow and very process oriented. Things don't get done as simple and as fast as they should. Maybe folks there are pretty set in their own ways. Not the most innovative crowd. Don't be stuck in a group that is not performing. Bottom line counts a lot.