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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
      3.0
      Jun 11, 2008

      Great pay, mediocre enthusiasm of employee population

      Senior it architect
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Dedicated employees. Competitive pay and benefits. Large company with opportunity for skills and career advancement. Ability to work from home, job permitting.

      Cons

      Tasked to meet billable hours, which most times greatly exceed 40 hours. Whether or not you agree, a GBS employee is committed to 100% travel if s/he is a part of the GBS organization. Persons on external (green dollar) accounts are oftentimes treated better than those on internal (blue dollar) accounts come promotions, variable pay and raises. Management is great at not giving employees all the facts when presenting sensitive issues, such as the salary plan (raises). Continued initiatives to offshore labor. Execs like to limit their vision to the dollar sign.

      2.0
      Jun 11, 2008

      Be very leery of IBM as an employer.

      Senior consulting it specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Looks good on your resume when you find an employer that wants to keep you long term. Positions in IBM customer facing roles build skills that will greatly benefit you in your next job, and you may learn how to recognize employers that you do not want to consider in the future. IBM still has excellent products and these are worthwhile assets in your kit for future employment, especially if you are technical, and for pre-sales technical roles they still provide time to get and keep those technical skills. You still get to work with some of the finest people in the IT industry, though they do not tend tend to stay long any more once they understand the way IBM views them and their compensation.

      Cons

      Lower pay than other companies, benefits in a death spiral and management lack of respect for the employee. Compensation growth is non-existent, in fact likely to be negative regardless of your performance. If you are not in a customer facing role your job is most probably going to a low cost country, though it may not happen quickly (IBM is accomplishing this slowly so it does not attract too much media attention). A mobile workforce, as IBM has, often means working alone without support, and without adequate tools. IBM expense and infrastructure policies mean spending hours a week accounting for travel and activity, which if you have service level agreements must be done on your own time.

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