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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,253 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 107,253 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
      Jan 6, 2009

      Pays well, but works you to death.

      Software engineer
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      Pros

      The pay is good, and you get to work with people around the world as well as a bunch of hillbillies in North Carolina. IBM is customer focused.

      Cons

      The review system does NOT promote teamwork. It is cut-throat. Also, IBM never does anything new or creative. You use old tools to work on last years technology. IBM buys new companies, it doesn't invent or create anything. Its heyday is long behind us. This is sad. Also, the stress level is unbelievable. I've seen people crying at their desks far too many times.

      4.0
      Jan 6, 2009

      Great innovation, decent benefits, fat upper management

      Technical sales
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Great opportunity to move around during your career. Excellent education opportunities. Great innovation with large dollars spent on R&D (#1 in patents for 15 years). Decent benefits. Very flexible work hours. Working from home with budget for home office.

      Cons

      Off shoring, downsizing, forced moves, too much work per technical worker, bureaucracy abounds, fat upper management. Respect for the individual has declined, but all companies now days treat employees as an asset instead of a person, until you are not longer considered an asset , thus terminated.

      1.0
      Jan 6, 2009

      IBM is not the place to be.

      Advisory software engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      none that I can think of. IBM has an attitude of wanting more for less. The ONLY people who matter are the shareholders, employees are treated badly and expected to give their total commitment to a company that will suck you dry and then throw you aweay when you cannot keep up with the pressures of the work. The ONLY good thing abuot the company is that the insurance package is good compared to some other companies, but even that is being whilttled away year by year. Equipment for actually doing the job is limited and of incinsistent quality, I even had to buy my own monitor as the company refused to allow one as thehy did not feel it was required for me to actually do productive work!!!

      Cons

      long hours, bad conditions, more work for less attitude from management

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