IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,205 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 107,205 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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1.0
Mar 20, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

IBM looks good on resume

Cons

Terrible pay, constant lies to employees, only stock holders matter, terrible raise if you even get one, favoritism for employees that kiss butt regardless of actual skill, CEO making 1000% more than average employees, corporate level bonuses from laying off good workers while the rest of us get pay-cuts and are expected to work even harder since those that were not RA'd yet. now the rest of the people are jumping ship finding higher paying jobs, respect and doing less work . now customers are affected since head count is so low and moral is all but gone. In short if you want to work for IBM think again, if you are still working for IBM get out ASAP. you cannot advance, you cannot make more money and you can be let go today, tomorrow no matter how good you are at your job. Your actual skill means nothing to management, the only thing that matters is numbers, made up fictional, political numbers, PBC is a complete joke. They are not a US company anymore and need to loose their tax break rights.

2.0
Mar 9, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

- Great heritage, brand and values at the Corporate level. - Great set of employees, still attracts good people - Very clean when it comes to doing business - Good work-life balance; you decide if you want to stretch. If you stretch you do well for yourself. - Very good place for women and young mothers - Job rotation is encouraged; so you don't have to leave the company for new experiences. - Cutting edge work in its field - Solid reputation with clients and partners; IBM business card always opens doors.

Cons

- Its a "Manager-Driven" company - Managers decide every aspect of a employees life; i.e, IBM HR is irrelevant; we can do without it; nobody will miss them. - The performance management system or Personal Business Commitments (PBC) process has degenerated to a highly political process; objectivity and fairness is totally lost and PBC ratings are today an index of managers favorites. - Promotions are highly political; for senior levels your promotion depends on how many Americans you know ( of course it is a American company after all.) - Culture of sycophancy; Bosses expect subordinates to be pliant people; different view points are not appreciated. - Bad paymaster by company policy - Market Reference Point (MRP) for compensation by IBM policy is 50 percentile. The MRP is the mid-point for the market for a particular job based on competitive information by industry and country. That means that IBM will always pay you below the 50% mark for any job role & experience level. If your pay exceeds the 50% mark (or 100%+ of Prevailing Market Rate) then your increments stop. Longer you work for this company more you fall behind in your compensation. - Slow career progression is the norm - The company will offer you a role that is banded at a higher band level but you cannot cascade to a higher band and pay level. But that higher band level and pay is easily offered to less qualified external hires, current employees have to wait years for their promotions. The company clearly takes current employees for granted. - Company management is obsessed with 2015 Financial roadmap and returning cash to shareholders and in the process not investing in employees with the result that company executives and shareholders are doing well but its employees are not...

2.0
Mar 2, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

salary, experience, good on your resume, good benefits, educational opportunities, the long-term people are good people to work with, possibility to work from home in some organizations

Cons

The workforce is being heavily globally resourced. More and more jobs are moving to other countries, with IBMers being laid off, with no regard to performance or length of time with the company. If you are exempt from overtime, then you can work your life away, with no recognition.

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