IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,075 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,075 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
1.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

IBM is a very comfortable place to work. It has good benefits and it has fitness programs for its employees.

Cons

It is "top heavy" and has a lot of bureaucracy. It's very hard to get promoted unless you're buddy buddy with your manager. It's not very fair sometimes because the managers don't really know their people well.

4.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's opportunities and growth possibilities

Cons

Too much bureaucracy and paper work

2.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of bright people and some amazing technologies and solutions being developed.

Cons

An oppressive place where each year you're asked to do more with less. Incredibly bureaucratic - like working for the federal government. I always found the evaluation (personal business commitments) to be totally devoid of input by the employee - you "committed" to do whatever your boss directed you to, no matter how unrealistic it was. The other problem is that IBM continues to think its the 1980s and that it leads the tech industry in innovation.

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