IBM reviews

- IBM now stands for "I'm By Myself" & "Impersonal Business Management" and that is how it feels to work here. - Promotions in the more senior ranks are heavily skewed towards resources that implement SAP and that came from PWC or were recruited from the outside post-PWC acquisition. If your area of expertise and/or legacy is otherwise, you have a tough time getting past engagement manager. - This is not a management consulting practice. This is an SAP (first) and Oracle (second) ERP software implementation machine. - Base pay and bonuses are very poor (when compared with competitors).

Do not expect much in the way of ongoing compensation. The management philosophy appears to include: moving as much work as possible offshore, drive the people into the ground - they can be replaced, don't compensate well as the workers should be grateful to have a job, and at all costs maximize executive compensation. Layoffs are regular (or as they like to call them "Resource Actions") even when the company is announcing great accomplishments to shareholders. It is very difficult to get time or approval for ongoing professional training since the company is almost always in some sort of "cost freeze". It is not unusual to go years without being able to take a course. Expect any education to be on your own cost and on your own time. It can also be years without getting any raises. Their stated goal is pay a little above average for the industry. The management focus seems to be on how to cut benefits, rework the salary plans to the detriment of the workforce and in some cases implement salary cuts which are not offset by the supposed improved way of handling things. If you are not early in your career, do not expect much.