IBM

IBM Software Labs is the next best place after IBM Research Labs, within IBM.

• Great benefits
• Highly respected within IBM
• Compensation and package are much higher than other IBM business units
• Great work-life balance. You can work from anywhere, anytime (but all depends on your immediate manager).

Your immediate reporting manager holds immense responsibilities. They can make or break your career. So if the right people are not in the right place, or you happen to be under the wrong person, your career could be negatively impacted.

Slow-moving organization. You need to negotiate hard while getting in. Once you are in, getting a fat raise is a daydream.

Filled with people who want to "settle down" in life and have been with the organization for 20-30 years. Making a change happen is a big task; you need to have patience.

Getting a promotion depends on many internal credentials and degrees, rather than the right skills.

Have the right people in the right place. Be more dynamic to keep up with the change. People join here to settle down and not to do good work. That's harmful for the overall organization. Hire people who are passionate and willing to make things happen.