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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,240 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      76% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

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      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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      107K reviews
      1.0
      Sep 7, 2016

      Company went from BAD to Worse

      Senior program manager
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      Pros

      Years ago it was a great company. The last 10 to 15 years have been horrible. Senior management cares about no one but themselves. HR is incompetent and a puppet. They are pretty much worthless when it comes to being an employee advocate.

      Cons

      You are constantly looking over your shoulder to be permanently laid off. Pay for performance is a joke. It doesn't matter if you[re a top performer and have been for years, one day they will eventually get rid of you when they need to cut more cost. Everyone is just a number. There is no focus at all on what should be their most valued resource: their employees!

      4.0
      Aug 19, 2016

      Becoming faceless to it's employees

      Senior it specialist
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      CEO approval
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      Pros

      IBM's not a bad place to work. Currently most are being moved back to select offices so don't join unless you're looking at being at one of the offices. Many of us are being asked to relocate to one or leave. This is the current IBM. Management up the chain is pretty faceless and no one down the chain feels like they care about us as people, just resources. When they have a layoff it's called a Resource Action. They cut resources, not people.

      Cons

      Never knowing if you'll be a part of the resource action. I've known quite a few people who are very good get that. It's because of mandatory head cuts, not because they weren't up to par

      3.0
      Jul 21, 2016

      Appalling treatment during redundancies

      Senior engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      For 10+ years IBM was a great place to work. My blood was blue, and I lived and breathed IBM. Great people, awful managers (although there are a few exceptions - typically those who made it to upper management from rank and file positions).

      Cons

      Despite profits in the 10's of billions, IBM can now only afford a "statutory minimum" minimum packages, despite offering significantly better separation packages less than a year ago. Ginni .. 17 consecutive quarters of declining revenue on the trott. How much longer do we continue this trend ? Either the trend must stop, or the leaders must go!

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