Is IBM a good company to work for as a Senior Program Manager?

Senior Program Manager professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 4.2 out of 5 stars in 122 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of IBM employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Senior Program Manager Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Senior Program Manager interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Senior Program Manager employees well?

Senior Program Manager professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.5 out of 5 stars based on 122 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Senior Program Manager salaries at IBM.

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What are the pros of working at IBM according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and good to be able to work from home although that’s often at the discretion of your manager" ((in 10973 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 4997 reviews)); "Flexible timings and work from home option(i gotta laptop thats why i enjoy this privilege)" ((in 4352 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3400 reviews)); "Good benefits; IBM prides itself on being a leader in Healthcare Benefits and incentives for healthy living." ((in 3381 reviews))

What are the cons of working at IBM according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and the increment was less than 2% even top performer unless you got band promotion" ((in 5425 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2176 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 1996 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1746 reviews)); "Poor leadership: One senior exec's ego is much larger than his brain; no longer values employees." ((in 620 reviews))

IBM Senior Program Manager reviews

4.2

60% would recommend to a friend

(122 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

94% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

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Senior Program Manager employees have rated IBM with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 122 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Program Manager professionals have an excellent working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Program Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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122 reviews

1.0

Feb 21, 2010

Used to be a great place to work, but IBM has lost its way (and its soul).

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Pros

Outstanding colleagues. Unbelievable dedication. Many interesting things to work on.

Cons

Current executive management has given up on growing the company. Instead, they are focussed on growing EPS (earnings per share). The only way to do this with declining revenues is to dump more experienced employees by the thousands. This is depleting experienced ranks in the company and decimating morale. More important, it is also causing extreme customer dissatisfaction. Not unlike strip mining, it may allow short-term gain, but it will take years to repair the damage - if it's possible at all.

2.0

May 10, 2009

IBM was a great company at one time.

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Pros

IBM offers diverse job opportunities due to its size and scope which enables mulitple jobs while staying with the same company. Historically it has attracted smart people looking for this type of single-company career, allowing for extensive long-term personal relationships. If you are selected to be a "high potential individual" then your work assignments will change at a fairly rapid pace and compensation will rise quickly as IBM tries to retain you. (Fall off that list and your career instantly transforms into a job.) Mangement will push you into jobs you are not ready for to test your abilities to cope.

Cons

IBM is cutting expenses in order to drive executive compensation. They are focused on employee expense, by cutting staff and nickle and diming in the US and other developed nations, and moving work to developing nations such as India, China and the rest of the BRIC. This is a rather sad state of affairs, where people are losing their jobs because IBM can find other people in other nations who will do the work for significantly less. In the short term the savings to the company are real. In the long run, the spirt of the company will be lost.

2.0

Apr 14, 2009

Great if you just want to get by in a job, not great if you want to shine and be appreciated.

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Pros

Large company with a lot of opportunities to move around if they aren't downsizing. They also have a lot of opporutnities for continued education if you take advantage of it.

Cons

Too big, they don't seem to notice who does what, when. Managers don't spend enough time managing down to their team, which is their best asset. It is hard to get noticed for doing anything significant and you can be moved around a lot without being asked for input. Once you learned where you where, they reorganized and moved you.

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Used to be a great place to work, but IBM has lost its way (and its soul).

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