IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,137 total reviews)
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76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,137 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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3.0
Jul 8, 2008
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Pros

Flexible Work for personal life issues. First line management was often supportive, though had no power in decision making for your career goals

Cons

IBM provides lower pay versus comparable positions around the country in other peer companies. On top of the lower pay, there is also an instablity of of employment due to what they deem a competitive market forcing them to take resource actions. Though this extreme reaction does not seem to be on par with other organizations as frequent as IBM. There is also a large barrier between upper management and "everyone else", which provides a huge gap of uncertainty among employees as to how they "benefit" the company as a whole.

4.0
Jul 8, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of different things to work on. Good ability to switch jobs if you don't like what you are doing. Many jobs have the ability to telecommute if management approves. More of a results oriented management style than one focused on face time. Most first line managers are competent and seem to care about their people.

Cons

Long hours and the usual corporate stuff: bad senior management decisions, "cost cutting" that ends up costing the company more money, mass decisions that don't make individual sense, etc. Issued laptops are often very unreliable and it takes forever to get a new one.

2.0
Jul 8, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Access to IBM software. Books24x7 access (if you have time to use it). Reasonably generous with hardware. Work-life balance is possible. Reasonable pay.

Cons

Excessive internal processes drain finite energy that ought to be directed toward customer and market success -- lots of burnout. Many different companies within one conglomerate -- not all brands are equally fulfilling to work with, and conflict between divisions can be more painful than external competition. Cheap about expenses etc. for those who travel (good luck eating on their meal allowances).

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