Is IBM a good company to work for as a Program Director?

Program Director professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 3.9 out of 5 stars in 143 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of IBM employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Program Director Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Program Director interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Program Director employees well?

Program Director professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars based on 143 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Program Director salaries at IBM.

How happy are Program Director professionals working at IBM?

81% of Program Director employees at IBM would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 9% in the past 12 months. Program Director professionals have also rated IBM with a 4.2 rating for work-life-balance, 4.2 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.0 rating for culture and values and 4.0 rating for career opportunities.

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What are the pros of working at IBM according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and good to be able to work from home although that’s often at the discretion of your manager" ((in 11071 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5018 reviews)); "Flexible timings and work from home options but again that depends on the kind of project we are working." ((in 4386 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3411 reviews)); "Good benefits backed by a solid fortune 50 company with world class products and services." ((in 3328 reviews))

What are the cons of working at IBM according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and the increment was less than 2% even top performer unless you got band promotion" ((in 5355 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2173 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 2006 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1779 reviews)); "Poor leadership: One senior exec's ego is much larger than his brain; no longer values employees." ((in 612 reviews))

IBM Program Director reviews

3.9

81% would recommend to a friend

(143 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

74% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

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Program Director employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 143 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Program Director professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Program Director professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0

Dec 29, 2020

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Pros

Opportunity for lateral job mobility

Cons

Very political environment, being a "yes" person versus a "why" person is valued.

5.0

Dec 17, 2020

Where every day presents an opportunity to learn

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CEO approval

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Learn new technology, adapt and moving ahead is key [for the company & industry] - and IBM is just the place for the same. Learn and grow is the passion here. Flexibility to work in any domain and technology is a great perk

Cons

A little bit process oriented

5.0

Dec 17, 2020

IBM provides many opportunities for continuous learning

Program director

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Great to be a part of critical innovation that impacts the world

Cons

It is a large company - so, some of the overhead that comes with working for a large organization exists. But there is continuous efforts to streamline.

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