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Company with lots of opportunities
Senior Analyst / Consultant (Former Employee) – Canada – 20 May 2019
Very well respected company, providing lots of opportunities. The company expects you to be matured and responsible in managing your work. Trust the abilities of resources and no over interference from the management in general.
Productive and Fun place to work. Good people.
Programmer/Analyst (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 17 May 2019
Great place to work, both people and environment
Strong Team culture
You can always find someone to help with problem resolution.
Ongoing education provided
Strong Team culture
You can always find someone to help with problem resolution.
Ongoing education provided
Pros
Good people
Millenial - great fit, 40+ not a great fit.
Digital Development Representative (Former Employee) – Markham, ON – 17 May 2019
IBM is a great company that still has some loyal customers. You can cross-sell and upsell easily as it's always acquiring customers. If you're young - there are many opportunities abound as ageism is quite prevalent.
Pros
Many loyal customers.
Cons
Working from home has ended after them pioneering it.
Sinking Ship
Performance Analyst (Former Employee) – Markham, ON – 17 May 2019
While the work is interesting too much instability to give hope. Continuous departure of employees meant increased workload for remaining staff and the long hiring freezes ensured this would be the case for a long time. Expect your schedule to be full of unnecessary meetings. Salary raises are minimal and are not guaranteed every year.
Pros
Interesting work
Great place to settle
Sales Executive (Current Employee) – Toronto, ON – 17 May 2019
IBM embraces you and gives you an opportunity for long-lasting careers with decent benefits and mediocre pay. If what you're looking for is a decent job, flexibility, and being comfortable, that's a good place. If you're looking to progress and advance in your career through hard working and commitment you will have to insert yourself in the tight little group of executive sponsors and find someone to help you out. I guess politics is part of every company, and quarter driven results are a priority over anything else. It's a fight for survival among the executives to deliver growth quarter after quarter. Often stupid decisions have to be made to achieve those targets and it's rather frustrating to watch without the full perspective.
Pros
Mobility and Flexibility - and free snacks
Cons
pay is bad, The bonus program for non incentive employees is vey bad.
Good place to work if you are not overly concerned with salary
IT Manager (Current Employee) – Markham, ON – 15 May 2019
IBM is an excellent place to work. Some positions are overworked and underpaid. The rating system is sometimes a joke. However it has lot of good things such as the club, work from home options etc.
Pros
Very good culture
Cons
Salary is less
Ability to work from home
Record to Report (RTR)- Subject Matter Expert (Former Employee) – National Capital Region – 10 May 2019
Work life balance is given to parents like me with a special needs child. I've had training and advancement when it comes to changing of roles. Some managers are supportive of your career.
Poor salary for amount of work
SERVICE SUPPORT REPRESENTATIVE (Former Employee) – Markham, ON – 8 May 2019
Don't be fooled by the size of the company!! As a technician, you start at 40K/yr. No raises for 5 years, not even cost of living. Workload increased, but no compensation. Consists of shift work, which interferes with home life.
Management only worried about bottom line. All perks were taken away and many technicians were let go, which means on call more often.
Good for people just starting out to gain experience, but no room to really grow, unless you wanna move into head office.
Management only worried about bottom line. All perks were taken away and many technicians were let go, which means on call more often.
Good for people just starting out to gain experience, but no room to really grow, unless you wanna move into head office.
Pros
Good experience for graduates
Cons
On call often, no raises, heavy workload, poor management
Somewhat mercenary
Senior Project Manager (Former Employee) – Victoria, BC – 8 May 2019
I found the environment to be stressful and less than rewarding. It seemed that IBM only cared about their shareholders, and little to noting for their staff or clients. I couldn't wait to get out.
Long time employee
Technical Writer (Former Employee) – Ottawa, ON – 5 May 2019
I worked as a technical writer for many years, including a transition period after my company, Cognos, was sold to IBM. From a technical writing point of view, both companies were very well organized with styles, procedures, templates, that made the work easier to complete. Most SMEs were keen to work with me.
Pros
Well-defined procedures
Cons
None
Too much management interference
Senior Solutions Architect (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 3 May 2019
Management is too quick to micro-manage day to day work.
Too many hours per week are required.
Advancement takes many years
Education is not available to lower pay grades.
Too many hours per week are required.
Advancement takes many years
Education is not available to lower pay grades.
Pros
Competitive salary
Cons
Long hours
conservative with no defined growth structure
Senior Consultant (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 26 April 2019
- band progression is very very tough
- growth structure is invisible & in the hands of individuals as they wish. If you object or if they don't like you, you are screwed up
- growth structure is invisible & in the hands of individuals as they wish. If you object or if they don't like you, you are screwed up
Troublesome culture
Project Manager / Business Intelligence Consultant (Former Employee) – Vancouver, BC – 24 April 2019
While IBM is a global brand with a great deal of opportunity inside the company, much of the organization is plagued by layers and layers of administration and rigidity. I'm happy to have worked there, but I was ready to leave when I did.
Pros
Global brand, opportunity to move within the company
Cons
Culture
Very flexible workplace and great team staff
System Support Representative (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 18 April 2019
My Manager and all team members were very nice. I really enjoy working there.
Most of my work was to deal with different IBM clients and solve their problems
Most of my work was to deal with different IBM clients and solve their problems