IBM

Local teams are generally very good and motivating.

Salaries above market rates.

Enormous opportunities for "certified" training (badge mechanism).

Good external outplacement structure.

Probably good for starting a career, but not for too long.

During job interviews, IBM tends to sell its vision, instead of presenting the real situation in terms of immediate expectations and opportunities.

A company purely driven by a strategy focused on the USA. Products and solutions therefore do not necessarily meet the expectations of other markets, such as Europe, Latin America, or Asia-Pacific, preventing employees outside the USA from having any possibility of influencing anything, while forcing them to sell.

Internal company pension plan.

Completely absent HR department. In 2 years, I met them twice: when signing my contract and on my last day.

Lack of humanity outside of direct contact with colleagues, but presence in the office is strongly recommended otherwise you won't be visible to local managers/supervisors/directors. Managers of international teams are generally very poor.

Impossibility to have skills/training/abilities recognized without going through formal processes dating back to the last millennium.

The company continues to live in its cloud of fundamental research and unfinished products that "hold up thanks to the good will of local teams" and which finally reach maturity after those of competitors, leading to a lot of frustration among employees outside the USA.

Complete disconnect from field realities by providing products/solutions that are not appropriate because they are poorly scaled or require numerous external products/add-ons.

Hyper formal and political structure in which undocumented procedures, dependent on certain local/regional/global fiefdoms, take precedence over people.

Appliquez la devise de Steve Jobs : “It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do. We hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.”

Développez les talents que vous avez.

Ramenez un peu d'humanité dans les équipes avec des services de support locaux et humains, et non pas des chatbots ou des équipes à l'étranger.

Simplifiez votre structure.