IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,240 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,240 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
Dec 27, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Above average workplace environment 2. Possible to explore other parts of a large organization 3. Education and skills growth 4. Looks good on a resume 5. Management and implementation methodologies are good (on paper)

Cons

1. Cliques mean good opportunities go to friends and families, impossible to break into the "Club" 2. Lot of dead weight 3. Professional development managers are (typically) not great achievers and don't know how to motivate or manage high-performance employees 4. In practice, technical excellence is not given high priority; is fundamentally a sales organization 5. Easy to get stuck in a silo and feel like Rip Van Winkle in a couple of years

3.0
Dec 26, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

IBM is a great place to work if you want a stable job where you don't have to work too hard. You could do well working 9am - 5pm and slowly making your way up the food chain. It's also very easy to hide out in a role for years without anybody looking too closely at you.

Cons

Everything moves slow slow slow. Forget about pushing anything through quickly.

3.0
Dec 26, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefit package, lower management recognition

Cons

No training, upper management is clueless and trying to get rid of american workforce

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