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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,061 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      76% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

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      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 107,061 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
      2.0
      Jun 11, 2008

      Big Sammy P, don't promise praise your employees and then stab them in the back.

      Test engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Generally the people have been fun to work with. Flexibility has been good - if you have personal situations during the day people are understanding about you needing to deal with them. They will pay for your education if it's approved by management.

      Cons

      Many layoffs, low moral. The performance rating structure is horrible and the raises and bonuses are awful. The compensation is already low compared to many of my friends in similar jobs at other companies. Because of the performance rating the team structure is turned into a competition to get ahead where the pushy obnoxious people are the ones who get the promotions.

      4.0
      Jun 11, 2008

      IBM, a nice and enjoyable place to work

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You feel pretty comfortable and appreciate it. When you start working here everybody is trying to give you pointers so you avoid some issues. Sometimes you don't know the answer for something, that's no problem because everybody is ready to give you some guidance and if that person doesn't know, he can always point you to the right direction. The pay is very good compared to other companies, around 1800 USD free of taxes and the benefits are very good too, you have life insurance & medical plan for you and your family (wife and kids). Also you have a special card for buying groceries every month, the card has around 150 USD to buy stuff. Here they have a program named Thanks! Award where you can send thank you notes with a gift to another employee, you can receive a maximum of 3 per year. And the gift has an IBM logo, there are backpacks, hand clocks, pens, mouses, Flash memories and some other stuff too. If you don't have a car there is always the free shuttle from IBM.

      Cons

      The place to work is very far from the city, so I have to drive around 30 to 40 minutes to get here. Also the traffic is a problem since the entrance is for one car, so entering or exiting the company is kind of hard and takes time. Ironically the computers that we have are not cutting edge, I have to work with a T43 and it's slow. Also you must use their own programs so SameTime takes a lot of RAM and keeps crashing even if you blink in a way that the program didn't like. Nobody gives you a clear description about working at home instead of the office, and sometimes you just don't know the protocol to do stuff like having a free day etcetera.

      5.0
      Jun 11, 2008

      A great company, once you're through the door

      Technical support co-op
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It is a well established company that is a real leader in it's field. The compensation is among the best in the industry.

      Cons

      A large corporation sometimes loses track of it's people. I was a co-op, and wanted to continue working for IBM, but only had one interview after trying for months. My job reviews were very good (so I know it was not because they felt I was a poor employee) and still I saw no response from HR.

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