IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,297 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 107,297 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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4.0
Mar 7, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Good corporate culture promoting self-growth. Excellent intranet with daily news regarding what's going on in the organization. Great networking functionality and connectivity software. Work in various cross-functional teams with smart and experienced people. Good work life balance and friendly co-workers.

Cons

Somewhat lack of transparency from upper management regarding direction of the company.

2.0
Mar 7, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Opportunity to learn if you are so inclined. Insight into the worst of corporate politics you will encounter anywhere. Chance to develop that ulcer you have always wanted. Best possible people- IBM is a cult not a company, and it is a wonderful thing to be a part of.

Cons

Chance to develop that ulcer you haave always wanted. Absolutely ZERO job security- unless the knowledge that you WILL be eventually eliminated counts as job security. Culture of zero work life/balance. "Bleeding Blue" requires bleeding.

2.0
Mar 6, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You can work from home a lot of the time and while in different cities. There are lots of training (classes) provided by IBM you can take. Managers are flexible on you taking time off work to take care of person errands. After IBM your resume will have lots of name recognition.

Cons

They have been gradually outsourcing lots of software development work to India and China. Its only a matter of time before they will no longer have software developers here in the US. PBC ratings completely unfair. Management basically rates your performance against the entire organization and not individual performance.

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