IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,291 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

77% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,291 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
Jun 19, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The work can be interesting but they will make sure you never run out of it :-(

Cons

Google might give free meals but IBM makes you pay for hot water to put your teabag in! You can expect arbitrary expense freezes to impact productivity and morale recently they held and awards ceremony where the certificates were presented unframed because the framing budget hadn't been approved. Travel expenses are nit picked by jobs worths in the Phillipines who are prepared to waste hours chasing receipts for tiny amounts. Employeee benefits are being continually eroded. Pay rates are set at below the industry average and the companies being compared against are hardly producing the same complexity of product. 95-97% of average is target.

1.0
Sep 8, 2025

In rapid decline

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There's still some smart people left.

Cons

Under current CEO, I've never seen morale collapse so totally at IBM. Everyone's looking for jobs elsewhere. And those of us who have given up live in a state of constant anxiety that we will be next. This is probably the worst run company I can imagine.

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