IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,076 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 107,076 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
5.0
Jun 10, 2010

My Great Employer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

very well known, the name alone will get you in anywhere else

Cons

a lot of jobs going overseas so pack you bags if you want to stay on board.

4.0
Apr 29, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very stable, can move to various positions within company. Good work life balance. Great benefits. Good place for women. Management is supportive of career development.

Cons

A bit of an old, slow moving company. There seems to be a lack of organic innovation. IBM's strategy is oftentimes just acquire the competitor.

4.0
Apr 19, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits package, excellent initial compensation, great management and executives, good internal resources (intranet), lots of technical communities, lots of diversity communities

Cons

IBM, being a huge company, has a very rigid promotion structure and it can be difficult to reward employees who excel at their jobs. For example, the promotion cycle runs only once and year and if an employee misses that opportunity for promotion, it is very difficult to receive a promotion out of cycle. A lot of employees move around between companies (i.e. Accenture, KPMG, etc) to speed up the promotion cycle and increase salary more rapidly. Additionally, there is a lot more administrative busy work, certifications, conduct guidelines, etc than you will experience at a smaller, private firm.

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