IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,193 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,193 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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4.0
Apr 15, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

You get to work for one of the greatest companies in the US.

Cons

Mostly based on the location I worked at. Rocket Center, WV. Very low salaries. Don't really consider what you are looking for, career goals, interests (though they claim they do) and stick you on any old project assignment. Project assignment staff are not technical, and really don't understand what they're doing. How can you work at a technology company and have absolutely no technical knowledge or background, especially in a role where you are assigning resources to contracts? Tend to place people in training just for the sake of keeping people busy. If your available you're put in it, no matter if its related to your job or has anything to do with the area of work your in. Overall culture is nothing like a typical IBM location, in that people here don't collaborate, socialize, and overall are miserable. High turnover rate.

2.0
Feb 10, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

20% of employees are fantastic

Cons

80% of employees - or in other words most of the management are completely out of touch with employees, customers, technology, etc. Employees are just a number, work life balance is bad, no consistent strategy, no career prospects. Run by career engineers with one interest - getting promotion at any cost. Basically IBM is not a good place to be right now

1.0
Jan 31, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company name recognition, excellent pay, opportunity for advancement as long as you are not on the resource list

Cons

NO job security, sales quotas not attainable any longer because they are not even close to being realistic, products and services are in decline and not even competitive, R&D is almost non existant, and even when you do an excellent job you could still be resourced for no cause

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