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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3.0
Aug 19, 2010
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Pros

If you've never worked prior to IBM, or you've worked outside of your field of interest (e.g. bar tending, fast food, seasonal employee), then IBM can give you a learning experience.

Cons

Low pay. High expectation from management about taking overtime mostly because the OT is due to bad management of delivery, from the requirements phase all the way to the deployment phase. You don't just pull your weight you pull everyone else's for no reward. Your time is treated trivially by management. Employees are leaving in droves, along with talent and experience, which means at some point a ton of responsibility will be on your shoulders, with unchanged expectations about delivery. You will be a scapegoat for bad management.

1.0
Aug 10, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Great resume builder, every company will bring you in for interview with IBM experience work with very bright people

Cons

salary very low compared with industry low level management freezes up when discussing matters with upper level management, will not think twice about throwing own employees under the bus as long as they look good long hours and management grumbles when you take time off little to no guidance or feedback from sr. management until year review bonus is non-existant not even think about salary increase no room for growth, opportunities very limited unless you know someone too much delegation of work analysts don't understand information that is in the systems organization is very top heavy

1.0
Aug 9, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibilty - ability to make-up time and work at home.

Cons

You can be a dedicated, bright and productive employee and be treated like crap in return. There is some kind of game you need to play to have your hardwork acknowledged, unfortunately I do not know how to play the game and work hard only to be treated very poorly by my management.

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