IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,138 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 107,138 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
Feb 11, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Ability to work at home and with professional, smart and talented individuals. However, employees no longer get reimbursed for internet connection, even in states where it's law.

Cons

Everyone is overworked and overstressed, there is no respect for life balance although they claim it is one of the goals. In most cases people are expected to be responsive 24X7. People go on vacation with their laptops. Benefits continue to decrease and insurance premiums continue to increase. New employees do not get a pension plan. Performance ratings are based on a bell curve skew despite the actual performance of employees. New employees and employees that move into a new job get rated low despite if they "walk on water".

3.0
Sep 8, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Internationally recognized brand. Looks great on a resume. Due to the massive size of the company, an incredible amount of resources available to practitioners.

Cons

Better negotiate a salary that your happy with forever, because IBM does not give meaningful raises, even for top performers.

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