IBM Associate Partner reviews

3.7

62% would recommend to a friend

(480 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

79% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Associate Partner employees have rated IBM with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 480 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Associate Partner professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Associate Partner professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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480 reviews
5.0
Jun 6, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Skills everywhere, deep bench, great offerings. Creative approaches to innovation and implementation. Ability to apply technology from HW, SW and Services with Financing.

Cons

Large company and well disciplined financially creates "tension" in the system and drives layering.

2.0
Aug 24, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great clients and interesting work

Cons

No leadership; partisanship/favortism is rife; limited opportunities for training; people managers are not true managers - mere administrators; employees are treated like criminals relative to the T&E process; horrible travel policies; WAY TOO MUCH bureaucracy and administrative overhead

3.0
Jun 13, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Global name recognition; Ability to learn new things; Variety of clients and projects; International opportunities; Fair salary; Multiple locations to work from; Technology leadership.

Cons

No empowerment of employees; Too easy to get away with doing little or poor work; Expense policy does not support employees who travel 100%; More focus on selling internal to IBM than at the client; Many of the Partners need to be replaced. Easy to get lost in the crowd; Will not hire the delivery experts required to maintain our leadership position.

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