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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,286 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 107,286 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
      Feb 15, 2009

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      Senior it specialist
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      Pros

      Stable, well funded, solid company. Can change careers within the company and maintain benefits. Although that may have changed in recent years. IBM is a survivor and is a market leader in many areas. Working for IBM can open doors. The IT infrastructure that supports internal operations is well managed and reliable.

      Cons

      The perks that used to make working for IBM valuable are going away. No pension, no job security, and no sense of community. Frequest downsizings. The executives say one thing and do another. Misleading information and half truths are communicated to employees regarding future objectives. The soul of the company is gone.

      3.0
      Feb 15, 2009

      Great perks for sales reps, almost makes up for the internal BS you have to deal with

      Sales specialist
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      Pros

      Perks as a sales rep, laptop, expensive dinners with customers, rental cars, flights, hotels, box seats to sporting events with customers, phone and internet bill all expensable with corporate card. Working from home is great too, you could work from Jamaica, and no one would know. The IBM brand name is great too, you will never be denied a meeting because you represent IBM. The conferences are top notch and are done at the best hotels, celebrity keynote speakers, and if you have customers, you get to spoil them and yourself all week long with expensive dinners even bottle service at the best clubs in Vegas (if your manager approves).

      Cons

      Huge quotas, internal politics, red tape, conference calls, constant fear of layoffs, backstabbing when things go wrong, the amount of internal administrative crap you have to do that takes away from your productivity, cadence calls, etc. If you have a crappy manager, your life will suck at IBM as a sales rep...period. Getting taken off of accounts in the middle of the year, or at the beginning of the year is frustrating as a sales rep b/c this is supposed to be a relationship business. When you're best friends with a CIO, and you have millions of dollars coming your way for years spread out over 4 quarters, it's hard to see that account go to someone else due to restructuring.

      1.0
      Feb 15, 2009

      IBM, the meteoric fall of a once, great corporate "family"

      Advisory technical manager
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      Pros

      If you enjoy working within the realm of complete chaos, this job's for you. If you look forward to working 60+ hours a week, with little to NO guarantee that you'll reap ANY reward, this job's for you. The single, shining positive is the wonderful people that have managed to survive the wrath of Sammie.

      Cons

      Complete lack of respect for the individual You're treated as a component rather than a living, human being. You simply can NOT trust anyone at the executive level

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