IBM Employee Reviews for Senior IT Specialist

What do you like about working at IBM?

"The immersion in new technologies, keeping up to date. I always have enjoyed learning new technologies."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"For my position you need to: love travel, keep up to date on your field of expertise and always keep your eye on technology direction."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Travel puts a different aspect on my work week and at this point I need to be home more."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None, I just need to make a change. I have the utmost respect for the management team at IBM."

"I have always enjoyed working for IBM."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Working with many different customers has been a great learning experience."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"To work for IBM you need to be willing to travel."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Having to travel 4 to 5 days a week, and weekend work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"There needs to be more balance between work life and home life."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Current technologies, breadth of service offerings."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Travel requirements, Poor retention for effective practitioners."

"Back stabbing, every man for themselves place to work!!!!!!"

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Got to work full time from home office."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Watch your back. I did my 30 years there and then they put the target on my back along with several others who had their 30 years in, they did everything they could to get us out the door."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"It's a business with NO respect for the individual. All about the money for the executives."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The image of the company was top notch when Tom Watson was alive, since then it's in the toilet."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Life and career balance."

"Overall a good company but felt too constrained by corporate madated policies"

What do you like about working at IBM?

"I enjoyed working with several excellent team members and a knowledgeable customer. The intellectual capital infrastructure was very helpful in not having to re-invent the wheel."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"I felt many technology decisions were often made by upper management and were often not the best choice for the problem at hand."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to the guys in the trenches."

"Layoff victim, but happy for the experience."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Time and resources to do an excellent job."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Difficult to keep systems up to date since projects take so long to implement."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't let past failures cause over-planning for future endeavors."