Pros: One of the biggest tech companies in the world. Opportunities to work from home, and working hours are flexible.

Cons: Base salary is less than other big companies. Food is not free.

Pros: IBM, being the tech giant it is, is a great place to get your hands on some pretty impressive hardware infrastructure and learn about many technical advancements that IBM has a consistent and significant contribution to. As an intern, I was happy to go to huge labs, set up servers, learn about many different storage and networking technologies, and deepen my knowledge of large-scale server systems.

Cons: IBM is at the same time a very old, conservative, and slow-moving company. You don't hear IBM going crazy with new ideas every day, because they don't do that. Decisions are made only after going through a maze of hierarchy and bureaucracy, and you, as a regular employee, constitute an extremely tiny piece of this huge company. If you do not go up the corporate ladder (which is a pretty hard thing to do at IBM), then you are very much replaceable by just about anybody else. You may feel that at an entry-level job, you are small and, to avoid saying unimportant, of little importance to the overall being of the company. I guess IBM makes the most sense to people who are extremely research-oriented or would love to have a stable job to stick to for years and decades.

Pros: Easy-going coworkers, agile projects, nice environment.

Cons: No competitive salary and promotion.