IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,312 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 107,312 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
3.0
Oct 21, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility; difficult problems to solve; huge projects

Cons

Development driven environment; "architects" fancy themselves as strategists and designers; enterprise design can be slow and prodding

3.0
Oct 19, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Great place to work as a researcher. Flexible work hours. Your point of view will always be heard.

Cons

Too many processes and too many managers and VPs in the development divisions (not research). Hard to make the impact that you are expected to, as part of your job. Lack of sound technical leadership. Too many silos.

3.0
Oct 17, 2016

Find better company

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Home-office and work-life balance. Good atmosphere in global work centers with young and friendly populations. Great starting point if you have no experience/are out of school - IBM loves cheap labor and you get in the two or three years of experience to seek better job opportunities.

Cons

Non-competitive salaries, non-existent bonuses. Miserable, chaotic implementation of initiatives... Generally a mess, at least in its global centers. I'd recommend only if you have a family and need more time for yourself; outside of high-impact periods like closings for finance/accounting, etc.

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IBM Response
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Thanks for your feedback. We will do our best to make salaries more competitive for our employees, as well the benefits :)
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