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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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      1.0
      Oct 29, 2015

      The worst company I have ever worked for!

      Senior managing consultant
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      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Work from home, which is typical of most consulting jobs

      Cons

      There is a long list.. where shall i start. Lacks leadership and direction. Too much bureaucracy and an insane unreasonable obsession with outdated processes - some of which are xls based (can't believe I work in a major IT company). Extremely political. It doesn't matter whether you generate a higher billing rate for your work as long as you hit 150% utilization even if your rate is at the bottom. The company finds every possible way to snatch away the tiny perks of traveling despite the sacrifice consultants do. While consultants and those working on ground, who bring real money to the company keep getting ignored, senior management, which is mostly overhead keeps getting paid millions in bonuses and incentives. If you don't have a godfather or a godmother in the company then god help you. Of course your godfather or godmother needs to be a strong politician within the company.. I can just go on and on..

      2.0
      Oct 22, 2015

      Not a good place to stay for more than one year

      It specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      This point of view is from an eu expat in Brno(cz) center, that worked as a 2nd level UNIX sys admin focused in the it security. There are opportunities for every kind of IT related position, from 1st level customer service to 3rd level specialist in all IT areas (e.g. Systems, SAN/storage, Middleware, DB etc) to managerial positions. You can enter to learn your first steps, to perfect your skills, to gain more prestige on your cv, to have a taste of how it is to work in a big organization, and much more. The Unix Guy™ role is regarded as a role that will always be in search of people and it is part of the core roles of the center. When working in IBM you will have the opportunity to deal with some of best technologies and biggest customers world-wide. Socially speaking and comparing to the situation in Brno, there is a great international heterogeneous environment you can make good social ties with many nationalities. Ratio appears to be about 50% expats from all nations (I dont have concrete data at the moment) Working hours are enforced in a reasonable manner compared to standard companies that are more strict/inflexible. Home office is a good plus

      Cons

      Unfortunately, the bad far outweights the good. Salary is a big problem. Compared to nation and city average (that is already in the low-end in EU), it is as lowest as possible, to the point that it brings down if not crashes the city's and nation's job price market Career advancement is very poor. Salary progression is very poor. (Expect to change/improve you role in 6-12months after your request and to receive an adjustment (read: only an adjustment, not an actual increase) in another 6 months.) Attrition is very high. There is a sensible disruption in skills/know-how, Morale is very low Corporation culture is poor, very static/radical, not innovative at all It is very difficult to influence, change and leave a mark in the company There is a blind acceptance of procedures even when these can be minimally improved, There is a general fear of change, be it an improvement/advancement that means both more responsibilities and better wage.

      1.0
      Oct 7, 2015

      Dont Join if you are not a local nor can't work as a robot

      Senior managing consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      good online training system, big name, good on resume

      Cons

      people are lacking of professionalism here, do things very random. Even partner level are super dis-organized. Most employees speak Cantonese as their daily business language, even tho there are non-Canton speakers in the same meeting and English is supposed to be the "official language" Some managers don't like employees to have their own thoughts, they prefer to have robots than intelligent human being. " Dont ask questions, just do it as I said" regularly heard from some managers Very bad culture if you come from a western background.

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