IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,196 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 107,196 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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2.0
Jan 22, 2015
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Pros

- Solid benefits - You can get paid to basically do nothing, if that's your thing

Cons

- Tons of pointless meetings - Clueless non-technical management chain - Non-competitive pay - Horrible proprietary workflow/"productivity" software - Getting anything accomplished requires wading through miles of red tape - Rabid focus on churning out patents - Culture rewards political clout, not engineering ability - Culture encourages isolation from your co-workers - Your co-workers are boring - Culture does not enable you to work on desirable projects or develop your career - Management does not listen to or care about your concerns - Executive management blatantly only care about earnings and nothing else

1.0
Dec 30, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

There used to be Pro's. Management removed them one by one until there was nothing left.

Cons

Management and executives are absolute idiots. They treat employees like we are garbage. No raises, no promotions, no education, no pension, no affordable healthcare after retirement. Hopeless. If you object management tells you that there are a thousand Indians who would love to take your job, so be thankful you still have it. IBM is rapidly replacing all of their US employees with Indians, Brazilians, and even Africans. They do everything they can to get the CHEAPEST labor possible and as soon as they do they kick their US employees out the door. Executives try to fool investors into thinking they are making money by buying back stock at a horrendous rate while all the time IBM's revenues are drying up. This is not a technology company, it is a farce.

1.0
Nov 29, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Free water.....for now and welcome to the coal mine

Cons

You start low you stay low.....management squeeze and get squeeze till they hate them selves For a carreer growth it's easy LEAVE and come back 1 year later even with the same skills. The more you try to do the right thing the more you get rejected.....

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