IBM

IBM has their hands in every market and every technology. You can take on areas that interest you or learn new skills.

• Very little incentives. Raises are hard to come by. Bonuses basically don't exist.

• No job security. You can and will be cut. It doesn't appear to have anything to do with merit in most cases. You are an entry in a spreadsheet, and if it makes financial sense, they will let you go.

• Lack of work-life balance. It's just not possible to meet the demands, especially since they have laid off so many of your team members, in a 40-hour week.

• Too many managers. I couldn't count the number of times I've been on calls with people who have no clue what our products actually do. Then they proceed to tell me how I should be doing my work.

• No clear mission. I'm not sure what our overall mission is. I think we're just here to serve the stock price. The strategy changes every year.

You cannot cut your way to prosperity. The reputation that IBM is gaining in the market is going to make it difficult to actually acquire skilled people. That assumes IBM wants to have anyone left working in the US. We're sacrificing client and employee satisfaction for short-term benefits.