IBM reviews

IBM preaches work from home and work life balance, but they don't practice what they preach. Management have a much easier time moving to other positions within IBM, than non-management staff. Very political place to work...IBM has been in a constant state of change over the last four plus years and very little of it has benefited the employee, from no longer offering a pension to revoking work from home privileges to all employees within the our division to not granting pay increases for even some of their top performers for two years running now. Overall a huge surprise to someone who grew up in the Big Blue family.

There is no mistaking that the company is run for the benefit of shareholders, the bureaucracy around even the smallest spend is astounding. There is very little loyalty by the company towards employees which then reflects on employees attitudes towards customers. Many employees feel very let down by the company with regard to pay rises this year (2008) as the company made record profits however only the very top performers had their pay increased, this is not the first year this has happened. Experience has shown that contracts are defined and signed with customers without proper consultation with the staff that would implement those contracts. Spend on training is usually the first to go when budgets are tight which is a constant situation in the GTS division. Many employees who are not suited to project management have been placed in those positions it seems just to fill roles, this has the potential of causing lots of satisfaction issues with the customers and employees. Since I joined, from what I can remember, I haven't seen a single initiative to reduce bureaucracy or streamline processes.