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Once a Great Institution, Titanic Momentum

Unix, Cloud
Former Employee
Worked at IBM for less than 1 year
March 3, 2015
New York, New York
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Many customers, who still think "No one got fired for buying IBM" (and that is changing), are still providing forward motion, but with quickly decelerating momentum.

Cons

Big, Too Late to Too Many Things.

Slow-moving, top-down oriented model, with seemingly seriously lacking leadership at numerous levels.

Atmosphere of fear and backstabbing of long-time high achievers.

Killing their best by finger-pointing and blaming everyone but high-level leadership.

Advice to Management

It's too late. It appears to be a company on a death spiral. The Titanic was supposed to be unsinkable too, but it appears one of the greats is going down, and quicker than you'd want to believe. Jump off while there is still time.

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