IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,261 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 107,261 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
4.0
Jul 15, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Tremendous number of brilliant, talented people who collaborate easily across the globe. You can always find an expert on a topic importiant to you or a client.

Cons

Unless you are in the lab or research there are no offices. No water cooler interactions or discussions.

5.0
Jul 15, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay, benefits, opportunity all decent

Cons

2009 layoffs were heavily weighted to older workers (40's & 50's). Secret rankings by management of employees supposedly used to do faster workforce reductions.

4.0
Jul 8, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent Benefits (except there is no pension) Looks good on the resume for future employement You do get promoted relatively easily if you demonstrate your ability to succeed (at the lower levels at least, don't know about higher levels, above Senior Consultant).

Cons

Promotions and rating are at the whim of your managers and some sectors can be clickish limiting your ability to move up if you are not part of the "golden children". Moving from one project to another can ake an excessively long time, so if you are on a bad project you are in stuck for a while.

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