IBM reviews

Anytime there is a large number of people, communications become harder. Project managers or engineers might think about the number of communication channels, which is n(n-1)/2 where n = number of stakeholders (Ref: PMBOK, 3rd ed.). For 330,000 employees, that means IBM has 54.4 billion communication channels. Obviously that is difficult to manage and work within. Recognizing that there is an inherent challenge in the liquidity of knowledge and information can help employees find ways to solve those problems, such as developing wikis for small teams. The other downside to having that many employees means that every time the company spends $3 on each employee, you just spent $1 million. Many employees don't understand this problem, and instead complain about only receiving free ice cream in the cafeteria after project milestone is reached when their cousin at the unprofitable, but well funded, start-up is getting free coffee and soda every day.

I don’t trust this company, they trashed our retirement benefits, if you’re young look to a real company with a 401k match, you will leave millions on the table here even with decent comp which you won’t get anyways. If you work here you’ll get more work and less people to do it, because everyone wants to leave and when they do ibm won’t hire to replace them. Ibms current mantra is do stuff faster, but they won’t pay or hire to do that, they’ll just expect you to work more. And cut your benefits so you’re cheap or quit. This is not a long-term company.