IBM is huge with hardware, software, global services and other biz units that makeup the entire picture. They try and put on this face of "were so advanced" wit

IBM is huge with hardware, software, global services and other biz units that makeup the entire picture. They try and put on this face of "were so advanced" with watson and buying companies to stay ahead but in the end it's old school management that fails the company. Global services is the majority of employees and middle management is so bad they couldn't distinguish good internal talent if it hit them in the head. It's all about supplanting highly skilled labor with offshore talent, your job is truly replaceable. I've seen $200+/hr rates get outsourced to multiple $25/hr unskilled labor. Ask any major company who has brought IBM in and you'll hear horror stories. If you're an employee of a Fortune 5xx company where IBM comes in to take over your I/T department, RUN!! They care about money, not people. IBM is easily replaceable with hardware, software, and finance solutions and you have young I/T managers who could give a rats a$$ about the old sentiment "buy ibm and you can't go wrong". Google, facebook, amazon, yahoo have all shown you can build and scale solutions beyond anything that a mainframe can do and much cheaper. IBM keeps living in the past and the most messed up places of employment I've encountered. agree with everything @afforess says.