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Elena Bajic
2006
3.4
Recommend to a friend
66%
Say this is a great place to work
65%
Proud to have on resume
78%
Employee - Principal/VP/Director
IBM GBS in 2009/10 went around twisting arms of senior folks to accept a new compensation package - less base salary but more promised bonus. Management is still trying to get senior folks to switch - with massive resistance
Employee - Principal/VP/Director
Promotion by who you know, not what you achieve - excellent managing upwards (not so well downwards), excellent at eliminating management competition and political office wars
Employee - Principal/VP/Director
Great brand name and a good place to start a career until mid/senior level - then you move on.
Employee - Manager
They seem to have lost their luster in the market quite significantly over the past 5 years especially under the stewardship of Ginni Romettty. She was the former leader of the IBM Global Services organization and now it has become the "problem" child at IBM.
Employee - Partner
It would depend on what they expected. IBM is not an employee friendly place and still does not recognize that their people in the consulting side are the assets; not widgets or generic salesmen. It is a good place to learn technology, but not about leadership.
Employee - Partner
Too focused on internal finance administration to turn the ship in the right direction. Have forgotten what it means to be a consulting firm, to develop talent. The leadership is shielded from much of the struggles of the employees and unfortunately listens to too many mid level execs who filter the information to make themselves look good. The leadership team should reach out below the executive level at times to understand what is happening and how to advance/motivate the talent in the right directions.
2019-02-03
Current Employee - Associate/Consultant
IBM is well know as one of the most forward thinking corps in terms of re-inventing how things are done. Great place to learn some much on new and upcoming technologies.
2019-02-03
Current Employee - Associate/Consultant
Integrity is of utmost importance. Very process oriented and streamlined.
2019-02-03
Current Employee - Associate/Consultant
Compensation isnt the primary motivator to work for IBM - career prospects, knowledge base, innovative mindset and networking are the major contributors to considering employment at IBM
2019-02-03
Current Employee - Associate/Consultant
integrity and innovation
Employee - Manager
Considered part of the elite. Still the most sought after consultants, with pragmatic and transferable skills that resonate no matter who you talk to.
Employee - Manager
Cooperative, if not isolated. Meaning, the size of the company can be a benefit and a hindrance. Benefit if you connect consistently and reach out to people - hindrance if you stay isolated in your own world.
Employee - Manager
Amazing place to learn best practice as a consultant, get exposed to array of industries and big-boy projects. Internal operations are not perfect, but easily best in class and something other companies should strive to achieve.
Employee - Partner
Excellent Thought Leadership and long term strategy. Amazing talent and learning opportunities.
Employee - Partner
IBM salary plus incentive equates to target income. To the extent 100% of the incentive is achieved for the target income, the comp is competitive to Big 4 consultancies. Unfortunately, it is rarely at 100% of incentive, so the comp is not as competitive as it should be.
Employee - Partner
There is an important focus on integrity at all levels. This is the most important positive characteristic. Unfortunately, the executive culture is not about leadership, but about following what finance tells them to do vs. deciding to own the business they lead and making the decisions needed to allow it to grow and talent to develop. The example is follow the check list vs. do the right bold thing. It is viewed safer to follow the checklist. Leadership lets the staff fight battles the leadership team should not let happen. Leaders need to clear bottlenecks for consultants vs. telling them to fight the system. Even the evaluation system has a grade for how well consultants prevent getting caught up in the internal IBM processes.
Employee - Partner
eventually gets the job done, but difficult to do business with and tough on their people who travel with the expense policy (e.g., coach international flights, small rental cars)
Employee - Senior Associate/Consultant
Toxic leadership
Employee - Senior Associate/Consultant
Structured support through a well established processes. Provides all best available tool and access to the knowledge base. You only find yourself as a limiting factor.
Employee - Senior Associate/Consultant
Collaboration and sharing knowledge. Provides and support the growth of an individual.