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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,247 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      77% 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 107,247 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
      Dec 14, 2015

      Sharks moved in

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good work-life balance, very good legal support for innovators. However beware that an innovator is not an interesting item as the company still believes in owing ideas and selling them in form of patent license, not the actual talent.

      Cons

      Not a forerunner of a technology, mostly a follower of yesterday's fashions, trying to grab some share in profits. Not interested in actually doing things. Main activity is to buy a competitor or an industry leader and squeeze it dry. No interest in retaining talent. Ninety percent of newly acquired employees will leave one way or another within few years. No job security. No merit based career path.

      2.0
      Dec 11, 2015

      Abundant professional opportunities, but bad morale

      Senior it architect
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Plenty of opportunity to learn best practice in development, project management and service management. Work with highly intelligent and dedicated teams.

      Cons

      Don't think that just because you are at one of the biggest IT companies in the world you will be working on cutting edge technology. In the Services arm of the business, you work on old equipment with limited funding for investment. You often create home grown solutions instead of using existing technology because they won't fund it. Lots of political limitations here. Horrible morale. They do not concern themselves with the best interests of their employees or customers.

      3.0
      Nov 27, 2015

      Lift and Shift

      Systems administrator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Decent pay for the area, great resume builder. Legitimacy of IBM/big blue

      Cons

      WIth IBM its not IF you will be fired/laid off, its when. That being said, if you know that going in, its a great opportunity that opens doors to other places that are much more stable

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