IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,338 total reviews)
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77% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,338 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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107K reviews
2.0
Jan 29, 2016

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Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You will meet a lot of intelligent, talented, skilled people. Some name brand recognition for those who would not know any better.

Cons

You will be a number, a resource to be used up. Very little career development will be available to give you flexibility to leverage your industry outside the ibm eco-system. Poor morale.

1.0
Jan 22, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent compensation, Pay for travel & lodging, access to new technologies

Cons

Questionable employment practices in their services group, typical big corporate environment with little regard for employee personal growth, big disconect between HR, managers, Resource placement personnel, , management focused only on billing, bureaucratic delays, employee penalized or terminated even if they fail to assign employee to a project, not a stable work environment if looking for a career in their Services Division.

2.0
Jan 6, 2016

Recruiting

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Most of the people I work with are wonderful. Ability to work from home is nice.

Cons

As a contractor you are treated as a second-class employee. We receive very few benefits - my agency does not provide vacation or paid holidays. We have little to no input on where or for whom you will work, will be moved from one group to another without consult or warning, and can be let go after years of employ with no explanation. You have absolutely no say in the direction of your career, and attempts to move upward or into a new position are thwarted.

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