IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,260 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 107,260 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
4.0
Jan 24, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Smart and dedicated co-workers - Wide range of options for career progression - Work-life balance - Strong senior leadership

Cons

- Compensation possibly below market. Stock options/grants rarely given. Negligible discount in employee stock purchase plan. - Can be difficult to navigate - Promotions can be slow -- partially related to the fact that there is a lot of good talent. - There seems to be a process for everything -- can get in the way of progress - Constant re-organizations

2.0
Jan 24, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company won't be going away anytime soon. Company has cash, so when it decides to fund something, it has the ability to do so. Company tries to offer educational opportunities. Company has many locations. Company offers flexible work schedules.

Cons

Lack of respect for technical talent. Continuous reductions in benefits. Ever increasing amount of uncompensated and unscheduled work. Lack of control/input into technical and business decisions. Continuous task switching for meaningless tasks. Lack of communication from upper level (executive) management about direction and feedback on local performance or local performance goals.

4.0
Jan 24, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

global opportunities to build your own skills. Customer respect for the company Presence in many important industry sectors excellent customre relationships

Cons

large company, competing priorities, hardware focus in some geo's

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