The best people I ever met while working at IBM were the ones who got there via acquisitions. Also there were grumblings about how employees hired directly by I

The best people I ever met while working at IBM were the ones who got there via acquisitions. Also there were grumblings about how employees hired directly by IBM appeared to be promoted more often than acquisition employees. Something about them being "true blue", which if real, tells you everything you need to know about the upper management and their opinions of subordinates there.