IBM reviews

Benefits, they are still great compared to other Large companies, but slowing losing ground. Working with a great group of people, it really does feel like a family. Flexibility to work from home a couple days a week. I am actually more productive on these days. Flexibility with work hours, ability to start a little later if needed, or take a long lunch for a doctors / dentist appointment. Most first line managers are wonderful. Recognition when a job is well done. Continual effort in fostering of teamwork.

At least in my organization, there are few impediments to working from home, where I tend to get more work done during busy periods than I do at the office. (However, I'm discouraged from working at home more than twice a week. Managers have told me that, because of a lack of office space, there are people who patrol our work areas, on the watch for absences of over two days and supposedly eager to transfer unused spaces to other people.) Also, you can show your appreciation for people who have helped you out by giving them a Thanks! award. This award allows those people to choose a gift from an internal site. Although the items all have "IBM" sewn, etched, embossed, or whatnot on them, some of them are useful. Finally, my health insurance served me very well recently. My service provider paid out large claims promptly and never second-guessed the opinions of my doctors. I can't say more about that without the risk of identifying myself.