Pros
Decent salary and benefits. Immediate team members were mostly helpful.
Kontras
Company is divided culturally and geographically. Each site runs things according to their own cultural ideals and norms. Only if forced to assimilate by upper executives will the various sites do things for the collective good of the company. As far as Malta, NY goes, GF is basically a foreign entity, hiring mostly foreign engineers. Sure they hire some locals for administrative and service positions, but overall it's loaded with recent graduates from foreign countries. Being in IT I noticed a lack of respect for the computer equipment and security responsibilities that go along with being given the privilege to access a corporate network with a corporate provided asset. Also, was not pleased with the way GF pulled out of their commitment to the Alliance, specifically at IBM Fishkill, forcing mass relocation on hundreds of employees. IBM is not the easiest company to get along with, but that's what you have to deal with if you get involved with them.