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Elena Bajic
2006

(105)

5 stars

(271)

4 stars

(175)

3 stars

(134)

2 stars

(34)

1 star

Recommend to a friend

66%

Say this is a great place to work

65%

Proud to have on resume

78%

Employee - Senior Associate/Consultant

The market reputation would be fairly good, above average, but known to operate narrowly in connection with IBM's other products and services.

Employee - Senior Associate/Consultant

Multicultural and diverse, but with local country flavor

Employee - Senior Associate/Consultant

Rating mechanism and thus compensation structure changing now, to allow for a more transparent remuneration

Employee - Senior Associate/Consultant

Dedicated but restrained by the overall IBM strategy

Employee

Lack of focus

Employee - Principal/VP/Director

Committed, Trustworthy, collaborative, efficient

Employee - Principal/VP/Director

IBM's purpose - to be essential - and our values - dedication to every clients success, innovation that matters the personal responsibility in all relationships, serve as the foundation of our culture and brand. It's the "why" of IBM. This is what differentiates us in the market place, people feel proud for what they do and the feeling of belonging to everyone's success is the motivation that keep inspiring in building smarter planet. That's what makes IBM a global success company.

Employee - Principal/VP/Director

There is an oppty in IBM to devise a strategy and implement it to realize the business outcomes, transformation. Opportunity to work with advanced technology, professionals from all backgrounds and client focussed

Employee - Principal/VP/Director

Visionary

Employee - Associate/Consultant

disengaged, unaware

Employee - Associate/Consultant

Employees are treated like a commodity.

Employee - Senior Associate/Consultant

Same as the others, a body shop, unless you had a protector

Employee - Senior Associate/Consultant

Be billable or be gone; and find your own assignments

Employee - Senior Associate/Consultant

As in most firms, the survivors get more, especially if they keep the wastewater from getting on their bosses shoes. Solid performers were routinely selected for reductions in force.

Employee - Senior Associate/Consultant

Personal wealth driven good old boys, including Ms. Rometty.

Employee - Senior Associate/Consultant

Only top 10 B-school or technology institutes have a long term career opportunity; all others are grist for the mill.

Employee - Principal/VP/Director

Culture and reality are separated in the collaboration area. Employees are treated as expendable assets. Not an old Big Blue culture anymore

Employee - Principal/VP/Director

The firm has good people but completely inefficient internal metrics. The system encourages functional silos rather than a collaboration. Cooperation among business units and within functional group is very hard to get due to controversial metrics system. At GBS, employees do not even have Christmas gatherings, which, in opinion, is another indication of company's approach to collaboration

Employee

It is based primarily on utilization with limited recognition for performance results.

Employee

IT shop trying to sell consulting. Financial performance always above client service in spite of reputational issues