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      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

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      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
      2.0
      Apr 28, 2016

      Not the Company it once was!

      Account manager
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      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      lots of opportunity, if willing to travel relentlessly,

      Cons

      Many non customers located positions being off shored, IBM is working towards having an 80/20 split of staff, that is 80% at low cost centres (offshore) and 20% located at customer locations. Many of those 20% are also offshore staff that have been brought in for short term roles. Therefor the expectation is that you will work at customer locations, being away from home much of the time, and when you can be replaced for low cost you will be. Also IBM now offer only statutory redundancy, which is the first time they have done this over the last 7 years I have worked here, on average 1-2 rounds of redundancy per year ! this has seriously impacted many IBMers who have 20 or even 30+ years of service. Loyalty used to be two sided in this company, but unfortunately no longer, everyone is waitng for the next round of cuts and that 'tap on the shoulder'

      3.0
      Apr 25, 2016

      SAP "Specialist"

      Sap consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Easy interview process for those straight from college...salary is decent for a entry level position

      Cons

      Raises are miniscule and bonuses are almost non existent. Travel is said to be 50% but is really 100% or whatever the client prefers. If you cannot learn on the job, it will be rough because the training provided does not help you once on client site.

      2.0
      Apr 25, 2016

      Once great; now scrambling to keep up

      It project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Co-workers; well-known brand; good benefits; large company so potential to experience many different kinds of business units.

      Cons

      Company leaders are wholly focused on shareholder price and looking good on the outside to the exclusion of everything else. Lots of spinning of image to look relevant, but on the inside staff are struggling to complete work with antiquated hardware and inadequate software tools. Many layers of process to complete a request. Frequent lay-off programs and stacked ranking evaluation systems either frighten employees into working themselves to death or pit them against each other to get a better ranking. Staff are constantly told to 'get exposure' to upper management so when ranking time comes around they will not be just a faceless headcount to cut. Raises, bonuses are infrequent; pay low to average.

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