IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,068 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 107,068 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
4.0
Jun 12, 2008
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Pros

Lots of opportunities for lateral experience. Very bright people throughout the company. Customer recognition of the IBM brand. Good training (on line) opportunities. Flexible work at home or remote potential. International growth is strong

Cons

losing sense of teamwork and place. Hard to utilize resources within IBM for cross functional projects. Too much time fighting internal battles rather than customer concerns bonus plans can be confusing and change on a regular basis

4.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The level of competence across all employee levels is very high, at least at ibm.com. Great workplace environment in my division Forward-thinking technology-wise, fully embracing social media Good work/life balance Good opportunities for advancement

Cons

Lots of politics Too many silos. Company is so big, there may be thousands of people doing similar work as you, but if you're not in your department, you may never hear about them. IBM is a global company; US employees are the most expensive, so many jobs are being outsourced, and management is under terrific pressure to downsize all the time Too many contractors, not enough full-timers. IBM gives a false impression of the number of employees there because probably 40-60% are contractors.

4.0
Jun 12, 2008

Not much to complain about at IBM

Anonymous employee
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Pros

IBM promotes a good "work-life" balance as standard practice.

Cons

Pension plan .... really should be better for a company of its immense size.

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