IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,312 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 107,312 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 3, 2012

No great stuff, but nothing to complain

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Pros

Flexibile working hours and Work from home is the best part of IBM. Quite methodical...often on the beaurocratic level

Cons

.The lowest pay scales dosent excite one at all. More work t be done by fewer no of people.They squeeze the last energy out of you, but in a graceful way though. appraisal happens..but no great increments!!!!

4.0
Feb 2, 2012

Satisfying and happy

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The policies allow for a very flexible work culture. They insist on work completion within the stipulated time and with the expected (or more than expected) quality. The managers do not keep pounding you for an update every now and then and give enough freedom to perform your role as you deem fit.

Cons

The internal employee operations and administration process is very poor. If an employee has to raise something as simple as a reimbursement claim, there are a lot of pains he/she has to bear to eventually get the reimbursement. Another instance would be - no one seems to know how to apply for a VISA, even if it is as common as a US H1B petition. The employee has to run from pillar to post to find out what the procedure is and then implement it. These are some instances of bad back-end administration/operations for employee services.

3.0
Jan 31, 2012
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Pros

Brand name of IBM work life balance is ok for a consulting firm

Cons

Bureaucratic slow, low efficient not really strategy consulting

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