IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,087 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 107,087 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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2.0
Jun 16, 2008
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Pros

Nobody can really tell if you're doing anything - management is so screwed up they don't even know where people are most of the time. For the most part, you're in company with good people. Information sharing is part of the 'old' IBM culture, and a lot of people still believe in it.

Cons

Declining pay annually. 'Commodity' job shop - not a career place any more. New hires are generally lackluster people who were dead-ended at other companies - not the 'top 10%' off premier college campuses that we used to get.

2.0
Jun 16, 2008
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Pros

Good stepping stone to start your IT. Learn as much as you can then move on to a real rewarding job.

Cons

Management have no clue. They are arrogant and do take care of the low ranking employees. You will not be appreciated or rewarded for your hard work. They always look at the bottom line and how to cut cost without any regards for the employees. Management is a good old boys club. You need to rub elbows with the right people and brown nose your way to the top.

4.0
Jun 16, 2008
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Pros

Technology, quality of people, chance to gain experience. Very good quality people and often achance to work on the bleeding edge. met some of the brightest people ever but find it hard to build cross pillar teams that share commonm objectives.

Cons

layers of administration are stifling. hard to just do things. Commission system very opaque. hard to see what you are getting paid on. The commission system often stops people collaborating. Expenses system terrible always lose money on expenses

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