IBM

Compensation, including salary and benefits packages.

Teaming, international cooperation, and cultural acceptance made for great experiences.

Process-centric taught me a great deal about business and best practices methodologies.

No salary increases for years, combined with increasing work demand, was a real spirit breaker.

Increasingly difficult to get promotions regardless of physical performance, as it was standard practice to lower performance ratings when there was no budget for raises or rewards.

IBM is very strategic about what they offer in severance packages to ensure reduced media coverage by fewer complainers.

IBM is known to not favor senior staffers. Why pay someone $145k when they can help you out the door and immediately hire a college intern that has no practical business skills for far less?

Speak less of the harnessing of skills from senior staff when you actually prefer to allow the bean counters to trim expenses and worry about expertise after the fact. Yes, this is what impacted me, but at the same time, for years prior, I saw this happen to colleagues all the time. I should have left earlier for opportunities with competitors to help put you in your place.