IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,230 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 107,230 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
Apr 4, 2018
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Pros

We recieve a paycheck, that is it.

Cons

I don’t know where to begin.... 1) Rocket Center is the epitome of “Glass Ceiling”. If you’re in the CIC, you’re a second class citizen. Period. They will try to tell you otherwise, but it’s painfully clear they don’t expect much from CIC and refuse to care about CIC employees. Many benefits (401k, time off, education reimbursement , basically all benefits) are watered down. We get less matching that people who non-development jobs, and we are expect to work 44 hours without overtime pay. Meanwhile the people who work “Staffing” jobs, the people with zero technical background, get paid overtime and receive a higher 401k matching. This is completely backwards. The turnover rate at Rocket Center is insanely high. Seriously never seen anything like this. It’s a complete shitshow and I’m embarrassed to be a part of this.

5.0
Oct 4, 2017

IBM

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Pros

Flexibility, Education, Job Diversity, Teaming, Remote Work, Travel

Cons

Compensation Regulations (internally) have a tendency to be a disadvantage to long time employees. Its easy for someone who has been with the company 5 years to be instantly out-paid (10-20k more) by a college grad, professional hire, new hire. This is to be considered someone starting at a low pay band and works their way up...the compensation increase plateau fairly quick for that employee while give way to someone with unproven capabilities making hand-over-fist more.

2.0
Sep 28, 2017
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Pros

The Kudos of working for such an iconic brand Reasonable salary and benefits Unlimited opportunity for career progression

Cons

Employees are not valued - only shareholders Rule by fear culture Persistent threat of redundancy Ageing, cumbersome organisation that can't compete with newer, agiler, forward-thinking organisations Senior management consistently making bizarre decisions

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