IBM Hardware Development Engineer reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(127 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

99% approve of CEO

97% positive business outlook

Hardware Development Engineer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 127 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Hardware Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Hardware Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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127 reviews
2.0
Mar 18, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

There is good opportunity, experience, and exposure for new employees. It's a great place to start to get some experience before moving on to another opportunity.

Cons

Continuous layoffs and work demand - I am often required to work long hours and must give up vacation time in order to meet the schedules. The company seems obsessed with micro-managing the employees doing the work and having TONS of people to track the progress with charts. The company is huge and well-established, but the last 10 years or so has been a real whirlwind. There are continual layoffs every couple years....the departments get disbanded, the employees get laid off, but yet the managers get promoted or moved on to other opportunities.

2.0
Jan 6, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lower workload compared to the salary. Flexible work time. Sometimes you can choose working at home. Lots of spare time.

Cons

Few opportunities to personal development, bad management and communication. Managers don't rely on all employees. Someone could always get the chances of training, project leading and promotions while others never see the changes. They would like to disscuss and make decisions within a very small team and then announce to all employees.

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