IBM Reviews in Edmonton, AB Area

Pros

It's a global company. Flexibility of hours of work.

Cons

Repetitive work. No opportunity to grow your career.

Pros

If you are a manager you are fine.

Cons

If you are below management levels. You are abused, used and disgarded.

Advice to Senior Management

Wake up and actually treat your people like you would like to be treated. The first line managers are abusive and they should be monitored. My first line manager is incompetent and should be fired.

Pros

You might be able to work from home.

Cons

Everything else, basically. Front-line managers have very little say over anything regarding ratings, compensation, etc. Anything which might involve fairly compensating employees has to be be vetted by multiple layers of higher level management. Everything flows downhill at IBM.

Advice to Senior Management

Cash in your options, buy a few islands and get out. IBM has been resting on its laurels for years and so has still got a large number of highly skilled employees. IBM management seems extra keen to drive out those people and replace them with any warm bodies they can find, so long as they will work cheaply.

Pros

Other than the benefits, there is very little to say positive about IBM as an employer.

Cons

Most of the employees are treated very unfairly. Management treats the employees like they are a commodity for them to make advancement in their careers. I have worked for IBM for 12 years, and have never been thanked for my years of service. After making 29 Billion dollars this past quarter, it would be nice to get some compensation comparable to other companies. In this regard, IBM is very bad, where less than 1% wage increases are the norm. IBM is also paying their employees the industry average as a maximum, with the only way to get above average is being a top performer. A top performer is something that maybe 2% of employees receive. As a result the other 98% will remain at average compensation with almost no chance of ever seeing another increase.

Advice to Senior Management

Treat their employees with respect.

Pros

Ability to work from home.

Cons

No work-life balance. Pressure to work extra hours but not bill for fixed rate contracts.

Advice to Senior Management

They just don't get it. With so many companies to work for in IT what are they doing to attract the best and brightest?