IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,066 total reviews)
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76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,066 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
Oct 23, 2016

Leading brand and excellent company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Strong portfolio, always reinventing itself and the way how to do business. Excellent people with high skills and long-term experience. Strong vendor-customer partnership. Overwhelming spirit of innovation.

Cons

Number of qualified people is sometimes too low compared to the number of people working organizational within structures and processes.

3.0
Aug 25, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Possibility to be exposed to a tremendous amount of varied sales situations in which one can learn a lot. Opportunities for career advancement if you can cope with working in a complex matrix organization and company politics. Friendly environment for women with ambition. Lots of possibilities to work with international teams and customers.

Cons

Very high expectations that sellers will achieve sales targets which often times have no connection with the realities of the market or the products. Working around the clock is expected and if you are a sales manager the administrative demands are brutal and will keep you from actually seeing customers. Very convoluted compensation plans. The line of site to commissions and bonuses is nearly impossible for any seller to calculate themselves. No support in navigating your career. You have to be very self motivated and have a string network to move ahead.

4.0
Jun 8, 2016

OK

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

still some benefits if you manage to be hired as IBMer. Home-office and Garage is possible. depending on your manager good possibilities for growth.

Cons

Hire and fire practice without any sense for customer requirements or respect to the individual. The top management is more interested in numbers and signings than in real customer solutions or customer satisfaction.

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