IBM reviews

Took me far to long to escape from this dark place. No life or Soul, demand loyalty but give none in return. I can even remember receiving the emails to tell us how ‘lucky’ we were to work there, yet most people walked around looking miserable and unhappy. The ‘proud to be an IBMer’ crap, laughable. Nothing was further from the truth, completely deluded.Maybe it was a good company once but all I saw was unhappy people, a company out of touch with human beings. I can’t believe I stayed for so long (money I guess). My life is so much better, so much more balanced, have a brilliant job that only reinforces how awful IBM is, I wish I had seen the light and left much earlier. Worst job and company I ever had, don’t recommend it too anybody, and I genuinely feel sorry for the good people who still work there Sad really, but just an awful place

- The pay is very low ($40,000 - $45,000 /annual salary). - Saving money due to the pay and cost of living is very demanding of a strict and boring life. - Benefits are ok at an individual level. No way will you be able to afford adding a spouse or kids. - The training does not match up with the tech you will be using on billable projects. - You are chosen for billable projects based on the need to fill a position and make it billable as soon as possible. It has nothing to do with your skills, work ethic, or your passion. - There is no mentor or peer to peer system whatsoever. You are on your own. - Most billable projects will require you to work 44 hours a week with no overtime pay. ‘Some’ projects will give you a workload that will put you well over 44 hours a week. - The majority of project members do not work at this site, so you will often if not always be very much on your own. - Projects members at other IBM sites will receive almost double your pay doing the exact same job. Even though cost of living is much higher where they live, they are banking $1,000’s a month. - Gaining valuable experience here can be lacking or nonexistent, which will require you to maintain a very demanding and strict study schedule on top of working here if you plan to move on from this location. - The management here is the worse I have ever seen. They do not care about you at all and you will be lied to over and over. - Transferring from this location is as rare as a unicorn. - Promotions/raises can be as random as filling positions for billable work. You might see a poor performer receive a promotion while someone working 60+ hours a week never receives one. - The turnover rate is somewhere around 50%. - The site loses projects constantly, so you could possibly be switched from project to project.