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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,148 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      76% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Senior management

      IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,148 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The IBM employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      107K reviews
      4.0
      Aug 13, 2014

      Used to be great company to work for

      It specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Salary, benefits, culture, opportunity for growth

      Cons

      All the pros have changed to cons, mass lay-offs of long term regular employees. Movement toward contractor only enviroment

      4.0
      May 27, 2014

      I think IBM has lost it way

      Stsm
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Strong technical talent. You can find a person in IBM that is an expert on anything. This makes it a wonderful place to learn and grow.

      Cons

      Very large and bureaucratic. Not very nimble. Lots of people in middle management just looking for a way not to be blamed if things go wrong. The appraisals are more based on quotas and financials than on performance.

      1.0
      Apr 11, 2014

      Love has turned to hate, with due cause....

      Senior it specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I loved IBM when I first started working here years ago. But much of what I loved no longer exists - including respect for employees and trustworthy management and a fun working environment - yes, it was fun! However, the only benefit to working at IBM these days is the flexible work schedule and the ability to work from home.

      Cons

      The constant layoffs (at least one or 2 RAs per year involving 3K to 5K US employees, each time, for 5 years now), and the various incentive programs to increase attrition make IBM an extremely dismal and demoralizing place to work. IBM has more recently stooped to increasing the quota percentage of negative appraisals across target organizations. These "3" appraisals identifying "lowest contributors" are a way of avoiding costly layoffs for which IBM annually takes a $1 billion restructuring charge. So, by falsely and unfairly identifying hard-working employees as "3" performers, IBM is able to force these people out without severance packages. These appraisals are not fair, and long-time, hard-working IBMers are being cheated out of their severance as those targeted for the "3" appraisal generally have enough years to collect the maximum 6 months severance through an RA.

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