Please be cautious when considering working for or with IBM.  IBM&#x27;s poor treatment of employees and customers is widely reported.  Do your own research.<p>For example, Cringely has a book outlining IBM&#x27;s problems:
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;06&#x2F;04&#x2F;decline-fall-ibm&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;06&#x2F;04&#x2F;decline-fall-ibm&#x2F;</a><p>He has many posts in the same vein (note dates in the URLs):<p>* <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;01&#x2F;11&#x2F;wheres-the-beef-ibm&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;01&#x2F;11&#x2F;wheres-the-beef-ibm&#x2F;</a><p>* <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;07&#x2F;21&#x2F;ibm-is-so-screwed&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;07&#x2F;21&#x2F;ibm-is-so-screwed&#x2F;</a><p>* <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;01&#x2F;26&#x2F;ibm-right-gadfly&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;01&#x2F;26&#x2F;ibm-right-gadfly&#x2F;</a><p>* <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;01&#x2F;22&#x2F;ibms-reorg-hell-launches-next-week&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;01&#x2F;22&#x2F;ibms-reorg-hell-launches-...</a><p>* <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;27&#x2F;fix-ibm&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;27&#x2F;fix-ibm&#x2F;</a><p>* <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;21&#x2F;ginni-comes-senses-late-ibm&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;21&#x2F;ginni-comes-senses-late-i...</a><p>* <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;12&#x2F;ibms-power8-servers-less-meets-eye&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;12&#x2F;ibms-power8-servers-less-...</a><p>* <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;25&#x2F;fed-suckered-ibm-failing-cloud-strategy&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;25&#x2F;fed-suckered-ibm-failing-...</a><p>* <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;16&#x2F;ibm-apple-just-big-deal&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;16&#x2F;ibm-apple-just-big-deal&#x2F;</a><p>* <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;06&#x2F;15&#x2F;ibm-back-ussr&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;06&#x2F;15&#x2F;ibm-back-ussr&#x2F;</a><p>* <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;01&#x2F;23&#x2F;ibm-sells-intel-server-business-company-doomed&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;01&#x2F;23&#x2F;ibm-sells-intel-server-bu...</a><p>* <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;08&#x2F;07&#x2F;fulfilling-customer-requirements-is-a-weapon-at-ibm&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;08&#x2F;07&#x2F;fulfilling-customer-requi...</a><p>* <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;07&#x2F;25&#x2F;the-new-ibm-vampires-in-our-midst&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;07&#x2F;25&#x2F;the-new-ibm-vampires-in-o...</a><p>* <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;06&#x2F;20&#x2F;ibm-to-customers-your-hand-is-staining-my-window&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;06&#x2F;20&#x2F;ibm-to-customers-your-han...</a><p>* <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;04&#x2F;22&#x2F;the-decline-fall-of-ibm&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cringely.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;04&#x2F;22&#x2F;the-decline-fall-of-ibm&#x2F;</a><p>...and many older columns.<p>See the comment by <i>slantedview</i> in these comments for another example.<p>Cringely isn&#x27;t the only one offering serious criticisms of IBM:
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?client=ubuntu&amp;channel=fs&amp;q=problems+at+ibm&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?client=ubuntu&amp;channel=fs&amp;q=pro...</a>