IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,304 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 107,304 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
Mar 26, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The IBM US corporate culture used to be a culture of cooperation and working together for the benefit of all, and some of the old-timers still have that attitude lingering around. Try to work with them if you can find them, but their numbers are dwindling because . . .

Cons

FEAR is commonplace. It is every man/woman for themselves and nobody really knows what 'doing a good job' means anymore. Some of the best and brightest are laid off so what exactly what does 'doing a great job' mean?

1.0
Mar 25, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, good people, much autonomy in professional positions

Cons

IBM has very limited upward pay opportunities in many positions. You may start with a competitive salary but it is hard to increase it. IBM then lays off senior workers or forces them into retirement. The top performers have very little work/life balance. Work/life balance is a joke. Relative contribution is used as a semantic tool to give average ratings which in turn save the company money. The ratings are skewed for only a few high performers to get exceeded or outstanding ratings leading to higher salaries. Don't believe that IBM has true respect for the individual. They don't!

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