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Excellent work life balance
Change Manager (Former Employee) – Vancouver, BC – 15 October 2018
Busy, fast paced environment, with opportunity for growth to other departments. Great team in IT, with a lot of remote employees working together, good management,
Pros
Promote work at home schedules.
Cons
Oncall support was 24/7, quick rotation.
It was a great job
P.T.L. - NWS Platform Team Leader for Canada (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 12 October 2018
IBM was a great place to work. They were always miles ahead in office comfort and competitive pay. the work life balance was perfect.
Unfortunately they sent many jobs overseas.
Unfortunately they sent many jobs overseas.
It was tideous
UX Designer (Former Employee) – Ottawa, ON – 4 October 2018
Just a lot of icons with not much else to do. There was a lot of free time, but the staff seemed to just be getting smaller day by day. Also, the developers didn't take the UX designer's arguments that well...
Great place to work for little money.
Team Lead/Transition Focal (Former Employee) – Markham, ON – 4 October 2018
Being promoted to a management position would mean that I would end up with a lower salary. The best experience you could get, but others will pay more for the same work. From what I could see almost double.
Pros
Work expereince
Cons
Salary
It is a great company to work for
Software Sales Specialist - Analytics Portfolio (Current Employee) – Markham, ON – 1 October 2018
IBM is a great company to work for. I have learned a great many skills and have learned a lot. Management and culture are great. The hardest part of the job is a lot of time is needed to succeed in any role at IBM and working very far from the workplace is a great challenge. The most enjoyable part of the job is the wonderful and intelligent people you have the privilege of working with and alongside.
Pros
Intelligent co-workers
Cons
Long hours
fun workplace
Service Delivery Manager - WSIB (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 1 October 2018
Great company but the salaries are very low compared to similar jobs in the market.
A lots of resources and opportunities for growth.
I had a great time working there, and learned a lot through work and interaction with coworkers.
A lots of resources and opportunities for growth.
I had a great time working there, and learned a lot through work and interaction with coworkers.
Pros
lots of resources to learn from
Cons
definitely long hours
As usual
Global Cross Tower SDM (Service Delivery Manager) (Current Employee) – Toronto, ON – 30 September 2018
As usual...Management and leadership ought to be focussed .A good management and leadership is the key of success . Best resources may not be helpful if the leadership fails .Nothing much can be done without the right leadership in place. Leasership will be the key factor for any company to succeed and the leaders in the market are from the same pool and same attidue .As usual
Pros
As usual
Cons
As usual
Good learning environment for noobes
Senior Consultant (Current Employee) – Toronto, ON – 27 September 2018
- Good Management and learning opportunities
- Some pockets are good.
- If you get stuck with old management, who know the loop holes of the company, your career can take a beating.
- Beware of the 'pensioners'
- Remote work is good for some, but not so good for other's...choose wisely.
- Some pockets are good.
- If you get stuck with old management, who know the loop holes of the company, your career can take a beating.
- Beware of the 'pensioners'
- Remote work is good for some, but not so good for other's...choose wisely.
Strong delivery focus
Senior Program Manager (Former Employee) – Montréal, QC – 27 September 2018
Strong focus on delivery
Long hours
Excellent in meeting contracted goals
Good team structure
Environment supportive of development goals
Working with both local and global teams
Long hours
Excellent in meeting contracted goals
Good team structure
Environment supportive of development goals
Working with both local and global teams
Best work life balance with immense technology expertise
Senior Advisory Analyst (Current Employee) – Toronto, ON – 26 September 2018
IBM is the best place that I have worked for. Best client exposure, technology upgrades and always remain an ideal technology employee even outside IBM
Pros
Work Life Balance
Cons
No much Salary Benefits
Excellent team and interesting work
Security System Analyst (Current Employee) – Toronto, ON – 24 September 2018
Enjoyed fast paced work environment and responsibility assigned.
Task was to segregate Prod and Dev environment with in specified timeline.excellent feed back.
Task was to segregate Prod and Dev environment with in specified timeline.excellent feed back.
Archaic company that doesn't care about its employees.
Extreme Blue Technical Intern (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 22 September 2018
The Extreme Blue program is an interesting idea that is poorly executed. I was placed in a team of 4 interns (1 business, 3 technical) and given an idea for a new IBM product that we had to create a proof of concept for. There was too much pitching and arguing over product decisions for my liking. Working in a team of interns haphazardly hired and little oversight or support didn't work well for most teams. The Markham office is extremely drab and is located way too far from downtown Toronto. Outside of Extreme Blue, IBM is using interns instead of full-times because they want cheaper labour. A lot of the management doesn't trust/respect their employees. There are almost no perks, aside from the recent and extremely limited snack program. (You have to queue once a day in order to get a limit of 2 snacks.) The median age is probably 40~50. So many people have been working there for 15, 20, 30 years. This is not a place to have fun or work on something exciting. It's like the company exists to suck up to clients. I don't know how anyone has any enthusiasm for this company.
Pros
Low supervision, private enclosed cubicles, large campus/office.
Cons
Everything else.
Consulting By Degrees Program
Business Transformation Consultant (Former Employee) – Markham, ON – 21 September 2018
Great training, interesting work, but you have to find a job on the job. For a young graduate, the support system need to be improved. The overall culture is pretty laid back. Working from home is acceptable.
My thoughts
Computer Specialist (Former Employee) – Montréal, QC – 20 September 2018
Solid company with many opportunities and growth. Work from home philosophy with minimal supervision . Employees are held accountable for their actions and various projects.
Pros
Work from home
Cons
Work more for less