IBM

If you have an opportunity to work from home, then go for it. If you can negotiate a salary you wish to keep forever, then by all means you should join Big Blue. IBM benefits, while ever more expensive, offer some options like medical coverage which doesn't let insurance companies deny coverage for preexisting conditions.

IBM is not the same company I started at 10+ years ago.

Fair raises, even cost-of-living increases, do not exist.

All company focus is on getting offshore resources to do as much work as possible in order to replace US resources.

Benefit costs keep going up annually, actually outpacing our stagant salaries.

After 10 years, I have yet to be offered a single training class.

While cutting costs by using offshore resources is a great idea, IBM needs to stop denying raises and training money to its US resources. IBM will continue to lose great people as they continue to strangle their workforce in order to keep stock prices high. It is shameful that IBM cannot even give cost-of-living increases to its top performers, much less meaningful raises. "IBM for life" used to be a phrase used by employees and management with pride. Now it is rare to see any regular employees who last more than 5 years. Perhaps this is the direction IBM wants to take.