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      4.0

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (88 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      99% approve of CEO

      97% positive business outlook

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      Hardware Design Engineer employees have rated IBM with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 88 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Hardware Design Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Hardware Design Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      88 reviews
      3.0
      Apr 11, 2011

      Slow and steady

      Hardware engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      No pressure. Nice work place. Very nice people.

      Cons

      Low growth potential. Very old technology and tools. US jobs going to India and China. Useless patents on everything.

      2.0
      Dec 9, 2010

      All work, no play

      Hardware engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You get to work in an energized environment with a lot of very smart people. The projects actually go out to customers that provide us with feedback and gives you the drive to continually improve your design(s). Even if you are an engineer, you directly impact the bottom line no matter where you are on the totem pole. It's a fun place to be if you get on projects that are highly visible by upper management, otherwise, it can get pretty boring fast.

      Cons

      Management tends to not recognize high achievers in their immediate areas, and in some cases even promotes/awards the slackers. Projects that are funded can suddenly not be funded and the reasons aren't provided to the workers. Since the downturn in the economy, raises/bonuses have been weak and/or non-existent in most cases to the employees, but the management is tied to the stock, so they've been making out pretty nicely! Also, with IBM being a global company as they promote all over the place, all that means is that they are growing our BRIC share (Brazil, Russia, India, China) geographies while getting rid of American employees. Granted, this is a capitalist society, it's just sad to see all the expertise and quality control slip away to these emerging countries.

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