Anyone here work for IBM or ex-IBM?

IBM just bought the company I work for. They flew us to Atlanta, gave us the big corporate pitch on how my life is going to be forever changed, in a good way of course, and made sure to drive home the fact that we have to "hit our numbers." Of course my company, before it was bought had a number of ex-IBMers and they never really had that good of things to say about it.

I was just wondering if there was anyone on here who works for IBM or used to work for IBM and would be willing to give their honest opinions of it?

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jdancer

IBM is corporate so they ain't kidding about "making your numbers."

Read reviews about any organization at glassdoor.com

paul78

I've never worked at IBM myself but I know many people that work or have worked there including family members. The way that its been described to me sounds like being part of a Borg collective. Not that its necessarily a bad thing - at least everyone marches towards the same goal.

N2IT

Paul - Lol

Sounds like Accenture

NightShade03

First piece of advice - run.

Second piece - don't look back.

IBM is a company that invents crazy cool things (Watson) and buys a ton of orgs to make a solid play in different markets, but every time they make a purchase they end up ruining the company that they acquire. It could be through changing the products, changing the pricing, etc. There are a few other big orgs like this too; Cisco, HP, etc.

The only time I've seen people stick around is to say that they've worked for "IBM" for a year or so, and hope to make some good stock options.

RouteMyPacket

NightShade03 wrote: »

There are a few other big orgs like this too; Cisco, HP, etc.

Care to elaborate? Can't speak for HP but you are dead wrong about Cisco.

NightShade03

I'll re-phrase...many of Cisco's historical acquisitions. Flip (the video camera) was great and they killed it. Ironport was a smart buy, but they never innovated with it. Their newer buys, particularly this year, have been top notch however. I also really liked their Sourcefire buy too.