IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,214 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 107,214 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
Dec 29, 2009
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Pros

It has a pretty good pay for their college interns. They also allowed me to work from my house 3 days of the week, saving me on gas and time in traffic. I also determined which hours I worked.

Cons

They only care about results at IBM. I, unfortunately, was working in a research position alone. My teammates were not programmers, and as a programming intern, I was isolated. Not only that, my coworkers were all at least double my age with families, further isolating me. My manager only cared about getting results as soon as possible and rushing the product I was working on. He put increased pressure when I was taking my finals, not understanding of the fact that I am a student first, employee second.

1.0
Dec 1, 2009
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Pros

- You have the brand name ; IBM ISL - Great exposure to new technologies. - Few occassions where you can opt to work from home.

Cons

- The managers and senior managers are selfish creatures. - The compensation sucks. - Promises are common ; but always never met. - The work location sometime has to be compromised.

2.0
Oct 9, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Hard to identify any that still exist since IBM management has decided to move a significant number of jobs over-seas.

Cons

After 10 years at IBM there are too many to mention. Bad management, over worked employee's, terrible pay increases (if any at all), bonus program that is rigged to keep them low. Skip IBM and move on to the next company.

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