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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,281 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      77% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

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      IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,281 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 Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      2.0
      Dec 21, 2016

      Work-Life Balance is lip service

      Managing consultant
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Lots of challenging opportunities available, and being a large company, IBM offers a large variety of projects for you to work on. The people are nice and generally hard working. If you want to find another project to work on, your manager will work with you and not stand in your way.

      Cons

      The only time I heard anything about work-life balance was at New Hire Orientation. After that, hours could sometimes be 70 hours a week, and almost every weekend required working, with no recognition from management. If you do something you think you deserve credit for, it's up to you to speak up -- no place for a shrinking violet who waits for good things to come. This isn't just because it's a large company, it also happens on smaller projects and teams.

      2.0
      Dec 19, 2016

      Bureaucratic Mess, No Raises

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pleased with middle management: In 2 years, I've had 3 different direct managers who were very attentive and invested in my professional development as a university/new graduate hire. Friendly and helpful work environment: All of my coworkers were extremely knowledgable and helpful, and getting tasks done never felt adversarial. Flexible work environment: many employees work from home and are still able to communicate with each other effectively

      Cons

      Reward scheme is awful to nonexistent: Before the end of my first year, I transitioned from QA to development at my own request to work on a newer product. Despite helping present for a conference and receiving a PBC 1, I wasn't given any sort of raise, promotion or stock options package. My starting salary was far below market value and did not change at all in two years. I know lateral moves seem to be the only way to get a raise these days (I negotiated a 30% raise plus stock options). It felt like a lost cause once I had to initiate negotiation for a pay raise.

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