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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,219 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      76% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

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      IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,219 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
      1.0
      Mar 2, 2010

      If there were another job in the area with equivalent compensation, I'd be there in a shot

      Advisory software engineer
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      Pros

      It's a paycheck. Some first line managers are good and will save your hide. Compensation is decent.

      Cons

      The company is focused completely on the bottom line. Experience isn't valued. Layoffs have no rhyme or reason, and often seem to be veiled attempts to offshore job functions, and are alarmingly frequent, even if a good year has happened. The bottom line has priority over product quality and customer satisfaction unless you're a premium customer or employee satisfaction. If you have a decent first and second-line management, life can be tolerable. Benefits and compensation are often spun as "in line with industry averages", implying that we're only average.

      2.0
      Jan 11, 2010

      IBM could be very good investment but not a good employer

      Advisory software engineer
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      CEO approval
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      Pros

      IBM has excellent executive management and they know very well how to run business. I would say IBM is a good investment but not a good employer. You can learn well about business if you are in management chain at some senior level.

      Cons

      IBM is not very well paying employer. IBM has excellent executive mgmt but they are quite conservative in passing profits down the line. IBM is always striving to increase margins and they try that from both the ends. Increase product/service rates and pay less to employees. IMO, this is short term view instead of developing satisfied work force with high moral.

      2.0
      Jan 7, 2010

      Nepotism Trumps Competence

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      company with solid financials, established footprint in emerging markets, breadth of portfolio, well established and respected brand, as saying goes 'no one is fired for hiring IBM'

      Cons

      large and disconnected organization, insular groups with no incentive to work with other groups or divisions, new hires left to their own devices to acclimate to firm and figure out how to be successful, career path unclear, nepotism rampant and trumps competence in career advancement, 20yr veterans has top slots so newcomers have a while to wait to reach senior level, matrix management of at least two managers for each employee is a waste of money and cons outweigh the pros

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