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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,132 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

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Senior management

      IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,132 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
      3.0
      Jun 26, 2008

      Needs Work

      Business development manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work from home. This is a great benefit. Good work/home balance.

      Cons

      Cheap when it comes to employee raises or travel. They really nickel and dime you to death.

      3.0
      Jun 26, 2008

      Do your time, then get out!

      Band 7 - bp client executive & sale specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You will never be unemployed if you have IBM on your resume and you are good at what you do. Good internal training opportunities, and sales training is the best in the world. Good way to learn the fundamentals of processes and taking ownership. Great benefits, such as higher super, empoyee share plan, retail discounts etc. Excellent job security for women who take time for babies, and if you are a mother (I wasn't) all of the work/life balance initiatives are designed for you. You can actually come across some the most gifted and talented work colleagues and mentors who can assist you in day to day and in professional growth.

      Cons

      Quite often promotions are more based on who you know, not how good you are. If you are on sales quota, you will NEVER understand how you get paid, and neither will your manager, or the commissions help team. Excessive pressure at end of quarter, where often your job security is questioned, regardless of your ability to do the job. (ie: team not hitting quota, but you are). If you are effecient, there is often frustration in getting tasks completed, as bureaucracy is heavy going. If you a single person, looking to advance, there is an expectation that you work ridiculously long hours to prove yourself (especially compared with colleagues who had children, and who have work/life balance).

      5.0
      Jun 26, 2008

      Great company to work and develop your skills in

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great opportunity to learn and pursue skill development(incl. well established educational and e-learning oportunities); Global company(with many locations all over); Good awareness of virtual teams, cross-division and cross-culture collaboration. As a global company that sells all over and is not only focuses on a single market/region, great potential to do fine over time and not be dependent on the economy ups and downs in a single region. There are various innovative venues for employees to show their ideas and collaborate with others- incl. Blue Opportunity and BizTeck projects which enable you to take some of your weekly time and work on a cool project with a team other than your regular job' team.

      Cons

      Too big of a company to get noticed or to find who works on what and who to talk to.

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