IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,196 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 107,196 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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2.0
Oct 2, 2008
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Pros

IBM is a large company with a long, established history. Generally speaking, people know who IBM is--across the globe. The global reach is an additional benefit: provides more stability in the crazy global economy and makes it veyr interesting in terms of working with colleagues in different parts of the world and getting their view of things.

Cons

The company is so large that it's very difficult to navigate. More importantly, the size becomes a greater issue as more of the workforce is remote. I've worked with people for years whom I have never met. Additionally, there is very little consideration of the issues associated with working with global counterparts: ie: the fact that the people with whom you're trying to meet/work are 12 or 14 hours apart.

4.0
Oct 2, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

There are smart, technical, helpful, and hard-working engineers working on cool, challenging assignments. An open environment to try out new ideas and methods all in the name of getting the latest products out on time. Good team atmosphere. Good pcs and technology. Flexible with working from home.

Cons

At IBM, as in hardware companies in general, we are being asked to make more and more complex products with less and less resources/people (due to computers (vs. cars, milk, and most other products) becoming cheaper with each passing year). Technical leaders are not promoted as often or as high as managers, in most areas.

3.0
Oct 1, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility; Autonomy; Deep resource pool for technical and consulting; good product support; great experience in many industries so there is precedence

Cons

pay promotions run by wall street so it is a bit of a grind process process process cost of solutions - we get our lunch eaten by other more nimble vendors

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