Pros
Paid time off - vacation, holidays, personal Name recognition - (You'll never get fired for buying an IBM solution) Good to Excellent Software Products Benefits Package (Health Insurance) 401K Matching, Choices Security (depending on the job, been a lot of resource actions lately) Real commitment to embracing diversity in the workplace
Cons
Management no longer smart, instead MANY are focused on moving to next job. 2 years and gone. No one cares about you, BUT you..(which is fine, just don't tell me you do) Name recognition (You MIGHT get fired for having IBM implement the solution you bought) A home grown system called CAT (Customer Activity Tool) to track WHERE, WHAT, WHY, WHO,ETC ETC ETC so that management can decide if you are working hard enough. In reality, most of the information is completely made up, just to keep the FL manager off your back. It's an insult to professional sales people..big brother has emerged, and he's a cat. Getting cheaper by the minute..reducing reasonable expense reimbursement, soon you'll need to install a pay phone in your car ! Forget about travel. Pay - imagine getting a quota increase ONE WEEK before the end of the quarter and going from 200+% of quota to 89.3% with no opportunity to challenge. What happened to Marketing??? Business Partners do more than IBM SW Group. Some customers think we are out of the Notes business. When was the last time you saw an ad from IBM that would cause a customer to really consider a purchase? ie, "I'm an IBMer"? SO WHAT?? (Yeah, I get IT, but do the customers you are targeting ..??)
