Pros: - Being part of a very big company, with offices in many countries. - The opportunity to work on products that are used by some of the world's biggest companies (in the case of working on the Cognos Business Intelligence platform). - The opportunity to choose another IBM office to work in, in the same or a different country, if the necessary conditions are met.

Cons: In my opinion, IBM is a company with no ambition and a lot of red tape. There is a feeling of mediocrity and complacency in the company. A good indicator, in my opinion, is the fact that they insist on using Lotus Notes for mail/IM, when there are far better and easier-to-use products available for free. This is just one of the examples of company practices that make no sense to most employees and that seem to exist just in order to make your life more difficult. There is also a feeling of disregard for employees that are not management, and there are too many managers in the company. A large percentage of them seem at least uninterested in their jobs, if not incompetent.

Pros: Employee friendly, good at flexibility.

Cons: Nothing, it’s good company for freshers.

Pros: Knowledgeable and smart colleagues. Good work-life balance.

Cons: The company has mass layoffs frequently. Almost half of their employees are on contract, most of whom have been let go from their full-time roles only to be brought back on contract three months later. All this while the CEO draws 32 million dollars a year in salary and writes herself a check of around 3 million dollars as "bonus". How can she get a bonus when the company is performing badly and the other employees don't get any?!