IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,067 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 107,067 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
Apr 19, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

it is so big and with so many departments and divisions that with a sensible career (self)management You can change many very different jobs while still remaining within IBM knowing its internal structures, benefits, networks,...

Cons

it is so big that became rigid lack of soul, management may be either "normal to good " or "from stupid to hell", the latter is prevailing

4.0
Mar 19, 2016

good place to start

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

law salary, and to much work overload

Cons

home office, international people, good experience

4.0
Aug 9, 2015

Overall good company with deficiencies

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good benefits (medical care, pension, in-house doctor, discounts etc) - Easy to transfer to another location if you get bored with your current job - Flexible work hours e.g. home office - great colleagues overall and teamwork, 'family' feeling

Cons

- extremely hard to get a pay/band rise (if you are not in GBS) - lots of pressure - often work is not appreciated - Many departments get outsourced to Asia

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