IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,248 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 107,248 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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5.0
Dec 9, 2008

Working among smart people....

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The breadth of IBM's technical community is amazing, and you can work with people who are among the most passionate about the work they do.

Cons

While there is a a ton of interesting work going on, it can be hard to navigate IBM. The best advise would be to find a good mentor to help navigate the organization

5.0
Dec 5, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

good life / work balance, opportunities, knowledge sharing, good starting point for management career

Cons

multiple level of management, control freaks for accounting, you need to file multile papers to get money back from business trips

4.0
Nov 25, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

* Brand name. IBM is #2 globally recognized brands. When you have IBM on your resume, you get very few questions. It opens several doors * Opportunities. IBM is a huge company that has limitless opportunities. There are several people and life timers at IBM, who are yet to scratch the surface. * Work life balance. IBM is a globally integrated organization. It encourages WFH (after the 1st year of stay at IBM). You will be surprised at how addicted one gets to using Sametime for chatting as well as for scheduling meetings. * Culture. IBM is a very open company. It is a no non-sense company where Senior leadership is very committed to doing the right thing. IBMers have a bias for the right action.

Cons

* Compensation. IBM brand is one of the best in the world. As a result, do not expect to be compensated heavily. * Huge organization. Consequently, things move at a slower pace than you would normally anticipate. But, don't give up so easily. People are committed to doing the right thing and have a bias for the right action. * Global integration is both a boon and a bain. Bain because, a lot of times you never get to see who you are working with on the other side of the table. You will recognize them by their voice and know a lot about them, but you would have never met them in your life.

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