IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,344 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 107,344 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
Jan 12, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Decent but declining company brand to put on a resume for future job searches. Great opportunity to develop ping pong and foosball skills. Able to take long lunches and leave early for the day without anyone noticing. Company sponsored events are fun, including baseball games and trips to Minneapolis. Good stepping stone to finding a better job in the cities.

Cons

Finance is drastically underpaid compared to other companies. Intense boredom is common. Some days I go the entire day without doing any work at all. If you give the impression that you have improved your role and eliminated work, you are rewarded with more responsibility and work added to your role with no additional pay increase. New hires are trained by the person who had the role previously, if the previous worker is already gone, you are in trouble. They used to order pizza for quarter close but the expense was hurting IBM's earnings, so they cut that out. They sell the dream of being promoted to the New York location, but that rarely materializes.

1.0
Jan 12, 2015

It's what you think

Recommend
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Pros

good people, good work life balance

Cons

bureaucracy, unstable job security, flaky management

1.0
Jan 12, 2015

I worked in IBM Global Services for 14 months

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Work at home, great employees

Cons

Too much cost cutting, barely a raise or a bonus impacting morale.

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