Pros
There were little to no pros when working for IBM Design. The biggest pro was that I got to work from home, and that got very old very fast.
Cons
- Isolated team environment, everyone I worked with was remote. - IBM Design has little practice in creating a working formula for designers to succeed in a completely developer driven culture. - Management is a confused bunch of people that have a very hard time helping their team succeed. - IBM Design studio in Austin, TX is way overcrowded. I am sure that they are not meeting fire code standards. - Almost all products that you could work on are completely lame. Recruitment lies to your face throughout the process telling you that when being deployed onto a project they take what you would like to work on into consideration. - 3 month Design Camp is like a shortened college class that you get paid for. This was extremely boring and monotonous. - Most importantly : as a designer at IBM Design you have very little say on the projects you are creating. Everyone in the studio puts on a daily happy face as they are all hating the projects they work on and trying to do anything to switch products. This makes the workplace a horrid environment to be in daily, with very little work actually getting done.
