IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,222 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 107,222 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
Jul 27, 2009
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Pros

wealth of knowledge and decent products Many different jobs to gain experience and build a resume

Cons

Only a selected very political few will ever rise to the upper echelons of IBM where you can make decent money. IBM executives are not sole selected based off of skill and talent. How well you play the game will determine you potential as an executive.

1.0
Jun 19, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Let me first say I have worked for IBM Global Business Services for a relatively long time (8 years). Pros include a fairly good benefits package and decent salary. IBM brand recognition also helps your resume a little, but the brand recognition is for software and servers, not consulting. There is a decent number of fairly intelligent peers you work, although the numbers are declining. It's a good place to go for a year or so to gain technical skills then leave.

Cons

IBM GBS has morphed into one of the poorest run entities in business. Communication is silent within the organization. This is because there is nothing but bad news for employees. Revenue and earnings are growing astronomically while employee raises and bonuses have been trending the opposite direction just as fast. This same pattern has gone on since 2002. This year IBM has decided to skip promotions to save money yet raise what is known as the skill level for promotion qualified employees so they can bill them for more. IBM and its senior management are extremely money hungry and employees are treated like chumps (and you are a chump if you continue to work for such a firm). Its very sad, but you're not a consultant just a person you provides IBM with a source of income. Expect nothing in return. In fact, top rated employees with the highest evaluation rating were recently laid off after being "on the bench" for two weeks.

1.0
May 11, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

When I started (30 years ago) it was a great company with respect for the individual and the promise of a great retirement package. By the time I was ready to retire, those benefits were all gone. While I didn't get increases the last 5 years, I was still happy with my salary.

Cons

IBM, unfortunately, is run by accountants and therefore there is no long term planning but short term ways to show a profit (through layoffs). There are unreasonable workloads, deadlines and managers. No money for education and most new announcements are to inform you of something else being taken away.

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