IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,248 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 107,248 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
3.0
Jan 5, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great learning experiences to work with talented teams, large fortune 500 companies and excellent training.

Cons

No career growth. I know many project managers who have worked for 10 years and still not even making 100k where as the PMs who leave to go elsewhere such as biotech companies, financial industry, health care or technology companies with only 5 years of PM experience out of college are making 100k salaries.

1.0
Jan 5, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you live in Bangalore, Pune, or Mumbai

Cons

If you are unwilling to travel at the whim of the project, you are submitting your resignation

3.0
Jan 5, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Usually great co-workers and technically, some of the best in the industry IMO. Often interesting projects that allow you to greatly expand your knowledge in many, many fields.

Cons

Incompetent senior management that has restricted first line managers to the extent they are glorified team leads. Everything, every decision, every raise, every bonus, every schedule is micro-managed by senior managers. The first lines are just talking heads touting the company line when you know very few believe any of it. That and that fact that every year, senior managers figure out a way to take something from the employees, vacation, raises, promotions, retirement, you name it. Fire Randy McDonald (HR VP) first, he seems to take particular joy in sticking it to the employees every year.

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