The management does not care about its employees. There is no loyalty and they feel that all of us are replaceable. The middle management has no decision making power and basically just to would the upper management tell them to do. Below middle management is me. All we do is work, work, work, and get not time for culture building or face time with the management. There is no formal mentorship program at IBM Global Solutions.

IBM is about the sharing of knowledge and empowering its employees. IBM has de-centralized the decision making process when interacting with clients, which allows high-level decisions to made quicker and more accurately. Employees are also allowed to work at home when appropriate which help in maintaining a work/life balance.

IBM needs to rethink its internal culture and community. Although the work and pay are great, the management does not provide an innovative or fun place to work. The upper management seem to thing that Big Blue will always remain on top because of the brand name; however, they need to realize that there are many competitors that will surpass us if we don't start to do new things. Why not offer more training, or put young people in position of influence?

The upper management are all very old and backwards thinking. Our motto is to offer innovative solutions in a changing world; however, we internally do not demonstrate that. If we are projecting outwardly that we are innovative, then we must do the same thing internally. It is quite the opposite for the company culture which is run by the old.