Any one from IBM.. Associate Partner level.? How does it map to B4 levels?

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AP at IBM is a hell hole (speaking as a former AP) quotas are aligned by vertical and are nearly impossible to hit.

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Ty MD1

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Not well. Stay away from IBM Consulting. Some sales roles are ok if you get into a good group.

C1 , can you please explain more why you say this? Do you have first hand knowledge?

Yes I do. For one IBM is a struggling company financially and has bad leadership.

Also raises/promotions are not a common thing at IBM. So you’d have to negotiate hard on your salary coming in. Not a lot of growth opportunities either. Layoffs are very frequent. Bonuses (unless you are on commission) are directly related to how the company performs. Lately they have been very small.

I would advise you to look at ACN, Deloitte, or midsize firms if you want to do tech.

I agree with C1. IBM financially is not doing well and the associate partners have been getting cut left and right.

Ok. Wonder why are they posting new jobs

To address your original question...mapping IBM Associate Partner role to B4. My experiences

AP (Band 10) external facing = Senior Manager at D, E and P and Director in K .

:). Hmm. Never saw any IBM AP for more than 2 years ( as I found from the linkedIn profiles).
SM1 which firm are you at now?

Would rather not disclose. I exited for a top tech firm.

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Can I dm you SM1. Will not ask anything personal. Just opinion on two ibm positions.
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