Following the heels of yesterday’s news announcement that IBM would not be acquiring Sun Microsystems, the winner of our March Review of the Month and a $500 cash reward just happens to be a recent IBM Advisory Hardware Engineer in Research Triangle Park, NC. The winner of the Review of the Month summarizes IBM with these few words: “Great people, great benefits, performance review process needs a change.”
The winning review offers useful insights as to what keeps IBM employees satisfied and what areas in the work environment need some improvement. In addition this review gives anyone looking for a job at IBM some real valuable pointers as to how to manage their career and what to be prepared for in terms of negotiations. This employee notes in their advice to senior management a constructive tip on how to improve the review process – something a job candidate could question in an interview:
“Go back to a review system where employees work with their managers to define their goals, and are rated based on how well they met those goals – not in comparison with what their peers are doing.”
