IBM

You work with very bright people and you learn a lot. If you just graduated from college, IBM is fantastic since they're used to the learning curve. Also, there are many areas where you can become an expert.

A couple of years ago, IBM had very competitive salaries. But now that Oracle and other companies have arrived, you can see that the salaries are not good at all. IBM has a 'brilliant' policy to give better salaries to new employees than to keep their current excellent employees with a good salary.

Home office is forbidden for employees, but you can see management has no issue skipping several days to work some place else. Many managers are too busy with their careers that they don't have time for their employees.

IBM Mexico has full control over your salary, and your manager has the full decision. In other words, only the ones who keep sweet-talking the manager will get a 'decent' salary.

Promotions aren't always a great idea. I know a couple of people who got promoted, and their salary increase was 0, literally 0.

When I joined IBM, I was proud and happy. I was able to see myself prosper for the following 25 years, making the world a better place. Nowadays, I'm preparing to open my own company or join a more challenging and understanding company.

IBM needs to focus more on its employees and cut the bureaucracy and old politics that make it a hard place to work.

You can't go every year saying that we had a terrible year and that's the reason for a lousy salary, and then expect us to say that IBM is a great place to work and that we had an epic year.

You need to realize that having over 200 people in many different projects with a lousy salary and doing a once-a-year meeting with chips is not going to create a wonderful environment.

Seriously consider home office for the best; it can encourage others to go the extra mile.