IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,269 total reviews)
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77% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,269 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
Sep 16, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Only Brand name, very less salary

Cons

a) Good salary in offer letter, while take home is very less. As it goes in Variable. Which is hardly paid. For example my CTC is 9 Lacs per Annum (Indian Rupees). My take home is 53K (after all tax declaration done). b) Minimum 90 days notice period is mandatory. Notice period can be extended after 90 days without taking any of your concerns. (Mail pasted below). Now a days it is very general that they are extending notice period beyond 90 days. So that you can loose the good offer. c) Generally Architects in the Java are those people who was Project Manager in previous company. So you can understand how tech expert they would be. d) If you are in Java then projects are very crapy. Your life will become hell. e) Band 7A people also need to do coding work. f) Need to work on IBM tool only. Most of them are java based (which consumes lots of RAM) like Lotus Notes, Sametime etc. So systems are very slow. g) Only 1GB laptop they use to provide. Which is extend able until 2GB. h) As posted on other reviews. Getting promotions are very tough. i) Management does not follow ethics at all. j) Generally assign Band 6B. Where your peers would be freshers or 1 year experienced.

2.0
Aug 24, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great clients and interesting work

Cons

No leadership; partisanship/favortism is rife; limited opportunities for training; people managers are not true managers - mere administrators; employees are treated like criminals relative to the T&E process; horrible travel policies; WAY TOO MUCH bureaucracy and administrative overhead

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