IBM Project Management reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(2,058 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

78% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Project Management employees have rated IBM with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,058 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Project Management professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Project Management professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Sep 28, 2008
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Pros

There are many different areas in such a big organization. The people actually doing the work (versus management and Executives) are mostly very competent and cooperative. Workers are knowledgeable, driven and cooperate to get things accomplished often with mandated "free" overtime for the sake of productivity improvements. The productivity is not measured based on hours worked - only the cost of the salary, etc are accounted for. There is training and reasonable room for advancement at first. An okay place to start your career or work a short time before you are taken for granted.

Cons

Do not expect much in the way of ongoing compensation. The management philosophy appears to include: moving as much work as possible offshore, drive the people into the ground - they can be replaced, don't compensate well as the workers should be grateful to have a job, and at all costs maximize executive compensation. Layoffs are regular (or as they like to call them "Resource Actions") even when the company is announcing great accomplishments to shareholders. It is very difficult to get time or approval for ongoing professional training since the company is almost always in some sort of "cost freeze". It is not unusual to go years without being able to take a course. Expect any education to be on your own cost and on your own time. It can also be years without getting any raises. Their stated goal is pay a little above average for the industry. The management focus seems to be on how to cut benefits, rework the salary plans to the detriment of the workforce and in some cases implement salary cuts which are not offset by the supposed improved way of handling things. If you are not early in your career, do not expect much.

3.0
Sep 23, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are excellent. Job flexibility in where you work, when you work, how you work are very positive reasons to be at IBM. Also, there are very smart and engaging people to work with who have high standards and moral integrity.

Cons

You can feel just like another number. Constant threat of outsourcing has hurt morale and job security is a thing of the past. Teamwork is also lacking because at the end of the day, most employees feel like its they have to look out for themselves. Thus, atmosphere has become more cut-throat and ultimately, a lot of employees have lost any sense of loyalty.

2.0
Sep 16, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Work at home options and job flexibility

Cons

Not all organizations within IBM are required to treat employees the same. There are standard HR policies and guidelines in place, none of which are used by my organization. If you're not working 60 hours a week, you're not working enough. People leaving the company don't get replaced, the work gets dumped onto someone else and the pay doesn't increase. Raises for the workers making it happen are non existent, but good ol' CEO and VP's get multi-million dollar bonuses. Morale is non existent, and if you go to your manager about job dissatisifaction or needing more compensation, you are told you should feel happy and 'priveledged' to be working for IBM. Then, you'll get laid off anyway as all work is shifting to the global workforce.

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