IBM Inside Sales Associate: Software reviews

It's just not "your father's IBM" anymore. Found that IBM really means: "I'm By Myself." Managers seemed to enjoy being abusive to the people who reported to them. While theoretically selling a collaboration product, the spirit of working together & collaborating was crushed on a daily & consistent basis by the managers.

Tough to advance, unclear career paths, not enough focus on career development, hardly ever give raises, constant change in strategy - never stick with one strategy long enough to gauge its success, lots of bureaucracy (too many systems and tools, too much reporting required), not great at rewarding/recognizing success, risk/fear of layoffs. Pay plans are convoluted to the point where no one really understands exactly how they get paid. Every year I worked there they changed the pay plan to pay us less and very few folks got raises (and those who did said the raises were a joke). They have been cutting back recognition programs the last couple of years so high performance isn't really rewarded anymore. Job is always at risk to be eliminated - lots of layoffs in inside sales the last few years.