IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,066 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 107,066 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
Jul 6, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

They trust their employees.. They monitor their employees performance based on objectives. ex. they will give you your objectives for 2010 it will consist of this: 1.)no late filing of leaves 3.)100% customer satisfaction 4.)no late submission of reports 5.) you need to pass 3 certification exam with microsoft until december 30, 2010 6.)must attend all mandatory training Activedirectory training, Win2k8 training. etc.. 7.)etc..... You work on your own and they trust you. you will not be hearing any voice from any superior or wil receive any emails..They will trust you to complete all of this things and they will not monitor you. It doesn't matter to them whether you work from home or at the office as long as you meet all of your objectives, they will based on that as your performance. So even if you don't want to go to the office you can work ofcourse just make sure you already have a VPN.^^ In short they simply trust their employees judgement on things whether if he needs to go to the office or if he can just work while in a vacation...... WORK and LIFE BALANCE....

Cons

as of now I have nothing bad to say..... lets just wait and see

5.0
May 26, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

- Great co-workers, environment were people are always helped by co-workers, but there is a need to go seek help, - rewarding, not only money-wise but also in terms of respect and special rewards by management, co-workers (dinner offering, trips, etc.) - Innovative company, global, - Good training opportunities

Cons

- sometimes it is competitive, high targets, unrealistic, sometimes it is problematic to work in this matrix environment, where one is tied to the brand and the line, work across the divisions is tough at times as people's incentives are based only on their brand...sometimes long hours, but that's almost everywhere the case sometimes also a bit beauraucratic...

5.0
Feb 25, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Global opportunities for career movement, pride in working for top-notch company, very good compensation, free on-site gym in Ottawa, also Tim Hortons in cafeteria.

Cons

Benefits not up to par with some other tech companies.

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