IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,240 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 107,240 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 19, 2016

Bureaucratic Mess, No Raises

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Pros

Pleased with middle management: In 2 years, I've had 3 different direct managers who were very attentive and invested in my professional development as a university/new graduate hire. Friendly and helpful work environment: All of my coworkers were extremely knowledgable and helpful, and getting tasks done never felt adversarial. Flexible work environment: many employees work from home and are still able to communicate with each other effectively

Cons

Reward scheme is awful to nonexistent: Before the end of my first year, I transitioned from QA to development at my own request to work on a newer product. Despite helping present for a conference and receiving a PBC 1, I wasn't given any sort of raise, promotion or stock options package. My starting salary was far below market value and did not change at all in two years. I know lateral moves seem to be the only way to get a raise these days (I negotiated a 30% raise plus stock options). It felt like a lost cause once I had to initiate negotiation for a pay raise.

2.0
Dec 18, 2016

Become an overworked pencil pusher

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Pros

The ability to work on some cool projects and interact with handful of really smart people who are looking to change the world.

Cons

No support at all! Archaic management systems. Dozens upon dozens of weekly meetings. Constant requests for deal updates (4-5 people per day despite having 5-10 weekly status meetings on one deal). Reports and new strategies to deliver (in GBS) more than one per month for last 18 months. Almost no respect for hours. Expect to work over 80 hours/week and never take a full vacation or sick day. You're lucky if you don't get calls on the 6 major holidays.

1.0
Dec 8, 2016

Band 10

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Pros

Interesting work, a proud history

Cons

Culture of Fear, No work life balance, No opportunity, no raises, no bonus, new policies to move workers is part of trying to get you to quite - No management skills

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