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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1.0
Mar 28, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

flexibility of hours, good technical people. access to work on many important projects, access to large enterprise computing equipment and environments.

Cons

Terrible treatment by executives. No increases, poor bonus even for top performance, terrible morale.

1.0
Mar 24, 2016

No work life balance

Recommend
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Pros

Training Experience that you gain Professional organisation Learning opportunities

Cons

No life outside of work, working weekends, extremely long hours Client expectations are so high, it is near impossible to meet them with the resources you are provided Resources from India are landed in Australia and they are so incompetent it is better to do their work rather than fix their work. Mostly get to work with offshore resources to train them and help them further their career and salary whilst yours goes backwards You support the offshore resources and help them have a really good work life balance whilst you work additional hours to fix up their work Small bonuses

1.0
Mar 19, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Good people, at least the ones that are left, below management level. Interesting resources can be had for those who wish to learn.

Cons

Fear of getting fired/laid off/RA'ed. They're really the same thing in most cases. They are cutting a vast majority of the US workforce below management level and replacing them with offshore people. My ex-customers are (still) leaving as fast as they can. The people still left are doing the work of those culled and getting toxic reviews (3's) to ensure they're next on the list. More and more hours, minimal, if any, bonuses for the troops and no pay raises that aren't wiped out by decreasing benefits and increasing costs. This place is not where you want to work if you don't have a management slot waiting for you. Management is bloated, the RoadKill 2015 facade gutted the company and further huge cuts to the US workforce. Beware anyplace where the stock price and earnings are king. You are no more than a body to them. The cultural values that once existed and you'll hear parroted are long gone. Long hours without pay, the demand for more billable hours over 40 and the diminishing return on your efforts will make you appreciate almost any other employer.

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