IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,071 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 107,071 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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5.0
Mar 31, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Very good work life balance. You got to work with very cool people and improve your networking in no time. Good chance of developing a carrer inside the company

Cons

Salaries are fair but not the best salaries in the market. Very intricate and slow HR.

4.0
Mar 22, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

- good holiday entitlement that grows the longer you spend there - managers who are understanding about commitments outside work etc and not too demanding - very flexible work day. can come in at 10 or 11. - managers leave you to get on with your work without micromanaging. - some great tech people, who can be very inspriing to work with - good tech talks (occasionally) and other visiting talkers who are usually interesting - many opportunities for training, which management are supportive of. courses available in both technical (programming languages, etc) and non-technical disciplines (British Sign Language, presentation skills etc).

Cons

- lack of benefits - no free food (yes, a major problem!) - not much communication with upper management - more tech talks would be very nice

4.0
Mar 19, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

It is a huge company. You can find opportunities on any area, so whatever you like to do, they need it. It may take a while for you to arrange a work position exactly as you want, but this is up to you to show results and find your way inside the company. Don't expect things to come to you: go ahead and open your our doors. One of the best things about IBM is that it has sites everywhere. You can work on the closest office or even at home. I disagree with people who says here that IBM does not pay overtime hours. They do, if you really needs to work overtime. Most people try to earn more money by just working extra hours and than blame IBM cause it does not want to pay for those extras. If they need it, they will ask you to work and will pay you.

Cons

Well.. it is a huge company :-) You have to open your ours doors. Nobody will adopt you there. IBM tries to to everything on IT and sometimes there are no focus. One day they have Network Support Services and the other day they sell everything to AT&T and start saying the future is Mainframe Services. If you want to stay in the company for a logn time you need to watch it closely and be prepared to change areas as the company changes.

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