IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,342 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

77% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,342 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
Nov 17, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Working across businesses with some of the latest tools and leading partners.

Cons

Constant change in position expectations and evaluations. Poorly scoped projects with a real mix of resources. Intense utilization and billing pressure causes a lot of people to game the system in many cases not delivering value to the client engagement. Closing down of many offices increases work at home resulting I little or no office culture.

2.0
Nov 15, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company, proud history, challenging projects, awesome people to work with.

Cons

The way employees are treated, constant fear of layoffs, lying to employees. If they have a bad quarter, no one is safe from layoffs. Everything is being sent off shore to save a buck.

2.0
Nov 6, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Decent benefits package - Competitive base salary - Name Recognition on your Resume when you inevitably decide to leave

Cons

- Low morale that keeps getting lower - Lack of employee support from leadership, leading to widespread disapproval of C-suite - Corporate Policies which indicate mistrust of practitioners (guilty until proven innocent) - Archaic evaluation and promotion practices - No interest in your personal career or retaining top talent - Shrinking talent pool due to lack of innovative work and unwillingness to promote top talent without meeting preset "years served" guidelines - Year-end bonuses are virtually non-existent and "raises" barely match inflation - No corporate culture or identity

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