IBM

Remote working, that's about it, really.

FLM/Management - any I have encountered are simply in the business of engineering their teams to meet their own PBC (annual review tool) goals.

If you are a guy or gal on the ground, say in IT, who likes a challenge but does not want to get into politicking, then this is not the place for you. Your destiny will not be shaped by what you know, rather who you know & how you could use them.

Do you like processes? No, do you really, really like them?

If you are fond of truth, then stay away from "big blue." They want more brown-nosers & saccharine socialites to fix their multi-billion problems, which they have tried to address by laying off SMEs and hiring cheap labor from India/China.

'Ol Virginia and all her buddies have been religiously hawking off their share bonuses (multi-millions), which they continued to award themselves whilst telling the rank and file, 'No money this year' throughout the recession. Check Yahoo Finance; it's all declared. 'Shareholder value' is the mantra, and it makes sense when they are talking about themselves.

Locally/globally, IBM has been working on its image, but it's just the outside bit. The lobby, the cool colors, Watson, the fancy-pants new IBM building in NYC, the interns who look like they meant to go to a startup but somehow took a wrong turn – it's all dress-up. You will end up buying the same old bug-ridden stuff you always did.

This is one big, sick, blue elephant. Shame nobody can buy it or break it up into something of worth. Probably just better to shoot it at this stage.

You're doing great!