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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,184 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      76% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.4

      Senior management

      IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,184 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
      5.0
      Sep 18, 2008

      IBM Canada is a great place to work

      Software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The best reasons to work for IBM is the flexible working environment. There are flexible work hours, which means you can come in when you want, and leave when you want, as long as you get your work done. Also, most managers will let you work remotely from home from time to time. The floater holidays are especially great to have in the summer. It is a friendly community with many extracurricular clubs, sports, activities. IBM promotes higher education through IBM-paid courses and reimbursement for graduate school. There are many opportunities to grow or change careers within IBM.

      Cons

      - No overtime pay - Strict performance evaluations - Very competitive environment (can be good and bad)

      3.0
      Sep 18, 2008

      Too much management to be agile and innovative.

      Staff hardware engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It's a large company with a lot of different opportunities. If you choose you won't get bored. They also are pretty good with work/life balance.

      Cons

      The bureaucracy is painful. Way too many project managers collecting status and bothering others doing real work. Not very agile in projects. It is hard to change positions within the company. Easier to leave.

      2.0
      Sep 16, 2008

      Lack of recognition and promotion for the employees that keep the stock price up

      Project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work at home options and job flexibility

      Cons

      Not all organizations within IBM are required to treat employees the same. There are standard HR policies and guidelines in place, none of which are used by my organization. If you're not working 60 hours a week, you're not working enough. People leaving the company don't get replaced, the work gets dumped onto someone else and the pay doesn't increase. Raises for the workers making it happen are non existent, but good ol' CEO and VP's get multi-million dollar bonuses. Morale is non existent, and if you go to your manager about job dissatisifaction or needing more compensation, you are told you should feel happy and 'priveledged' to be working for IBM. Then, you'll get laid off anyway as all work is shifting to the global workforce.

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