IBM Reviews in Shanghai, China Area

Pros

it has a good work and life balance
working time is flexible
the team leader and team members are nice
the working environment is good

Cons

very bureaucracy
very hard to get promoted
it is hard or even no way to communicate with the middle and senior management.

Advice to Senior Management

the middle and senior management should wait and listen to what their employee need.
Do not waste so much time in so many paperwork

Pros

Good process. Professional. Good people

Cons

wait many years to promote. salary increasing is also not so strong

Pros

1. Learn form process, from the job.
2. Be proud of the giant blue company.
3. friendly environment and good company culture.

Cons

Low payment and less opportunity to grow up

Advice to Senior Management

More efficient and more benefit to the employees.

Pros

high pay and good relationship with college. Provide good opportunity for the employees to achieve their own goals. Good working environment.

Cons

Location is not good, far away from what we live. Lack of entertainment. The culture in the company is a little strict.

Advice to Senior Management

Provide more opportunity to the employees to relax, a a a a a a a a a a a a

Pros

people are nice, environment is OK.

Cons

not motivated, low productivity, and no passion

Advice to Senior Management

motivate more people with your passion

Pros

- Big repsective brand name
- Huge organization with unlimted knowledge
- Traditional corporate culture with ethics
- Good fringe and benefits

Cons

- Sales-oriented
- Corporate culture no-fit for consulting
- Lame salary and compensation
- Good for averager but not for out-performer

Advice to Senior Management

- Look into the market and listen to some employees

Pros

More knowledge to learn, more online learning
Good working environment, Good working team
And from my boss whom I worked for I learned a lot

Cons

Since I do the admin job in the company, the salary for basic positions is relatively lower than other companies.

Advice to Senior Management

Raise salary and compensation for basic position to get rid of human resource trouble.

A little bit high salary can raise loyalty of employees

Pros

Brand recognition will get you in the door but our cost base is much too high in China to be taken seriously.
Working with pre-IPO companies that want a good FSA submission is easy.
Have some fantastic solutions.

Cons

They don't treat their people with respect any longer.
Armonk costs are forcing China to go to the market with unrealistically high charge out prices. Makes it impossible to capture the market share needed.

Advice to Senior Management

SWG in China should go for market share and reduce the price of the software. Don't just write those words on the walls, set the sw discount baseline at 80%.

Pros

great company and good start point for new graduate, a lot of opportunity for rotation and experience sharing, though salary low

Cons

no develop opportunity in shanghai as great china headquarter in beijing, if employee can't relocate to beijing, then no chance at all.

Advice to Senior Management

don't only treat employee good when he/she submit the resignation letter and already made decision to leave the company, it's really sad

Pros

Good to work with people from different background
Good place to learn
plenty of chances to learn such as training etc

Cons

Not a good place to stay longer
too slow
complex procedures sucks
bureaucracy stuff
Mgmt team just poor. no idea about technical stuff

Advice to Senior Management

Always remember , the technical guys at the lowest level are the people who really keep company alive and move ahead. Better cut your salary by some percentage and give it to those guys at the lowest level in the org..who are actually the real work force