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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2.0
Nov 4, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A large, truly coporate, profit minded company. Good experience for 3-5 years then leave as you will fall behind in technology and salary.

Cons

1. Project teams are world wide. Meetings are with several different accents - comprehension is a challenge. 2. There is no consistent culture.3. If you are over 45 you will constantly be looking over your shoulder as to the day you will be laid off.

1.0
Oct 22, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some good 1st line managers, good benefits, good pay (for existing employees, maybe not for new hires), many work from home opportunities

Cons

No regard for employees as people, no regard for customers, cost cutting has gone beyond cutting the fat to cutting the bone, exempt workers expected to work lots of overtime for no pay, continually challenges workers to do more with less, continually laying off (especially older) US employees and replacing with "global resources" (lower cost overseas employees).

2.0
Oct 10, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

IBM offers a large selection of web-based training. It is also nice to have the option to work from home.

Cons

No matter how highly you are rated or how many years you work, do not think for one minute that your job is secure. A large number of my peers and I were just laid off, so they can move our work to India and pay a fraction of our salaries. If you are laid off before the end of the year, you get screwed out of the company matching 401K funds. No respect or value to employees is shown. In fact, IBM will not release any information on how many jobs are outsourced per year, but the number of U S employees is definitely going down. Finally, there are too many layers of management. If they want to save money, this would be a good place to start.

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