IBM

Getting to know people in a wide range of departments. Making contacts with a big number of clients, as IBM is more of a consulting company nowadays. Developing cutting-edge technology (obviously depending on the department you work at). These days the focus is on AI. IBM Watson is the product line related to AI. IBM is a huge international company. Your chances of transferring from one department to another, or even moving to another country are high, as long as you're willing.

Working in a huge company also has its cons. Mainly, you may feel like a number, just one more employee. Sometimes your work, even if great, might not get any visibility at all. At most, it will get noticed by your immediate manager, but that's it.

Sometimes it feels like you're missing the big picture of what really is going on in IBM.

In the specific case of IBM Spain, the chances of getting actually hired by IBM are slim because of a legal problem related to a change in retirement plans around 20 years ago. The most likely scenario is working on an IBM project but getting paid by a collaborating company. So, it is really hard to become a 100% IBMer in Spain.

· Do a better job at relocating your employees to where they really want to be inside the company.

· Force project managers to allow their employees to fulfill the 40 hours a year of learning at the job (Think40 program). Otherwise, it is just a utopia: managers do not grant enough time for employees to freely learn what they want.