IBM

The opportunities for education and personal growth within IBM are among the best in the business. Even when education budgets are slashed, the resources that IBM provides to its employees are among the broadest and most comprehensive. IBM is also very respectful of work/life balance and takes great pride in providing flexible scheduling and location-based working opportunities.

The best and brightest at IBM are often restrained from doing their best work because of the numerous interruptions and distractions that are constantly present. When a resource at IBM is discovered to be competent, their performance is hampered by their less competent peers. It's the law of averages working against a company that has the potential to be more innovative and more creative than most of the competition, but the large population that IBM takes pride in maintaining weighs it down.

Allow those who want to be successful to have more freedom to innovate.

Allow those who want to work hard to do so without distraction.

Allow those who have a desire to succeed to more easily separate themselves from those who have no desire to accelerate their business unit.