IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,360 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 107,360 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
Apr 5, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flex - Time - You don't have to kill yourself to get to work before 8AM. Vacation - For the most part you can take vacations without to much hassle from management. Stock Purchase Program Normally your peers are professional so for the most part a pleasant place to work

Cons

Salaries: Normally based on a national level not regional - all that has changed. So if you move from Atlanta to NY don't expect a pay raise to cover the additional cost of living. Not very competitive anymore unless you get into higher mgmt levels. IBM running on bare bones for the last 2 years trying to keep cost down and appease stockholders - little movement, so if you are looking to get ahead- this is not the place for you.

2.0
Apr 4, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Learning opportunities, some very knowlegable coworkers, lower level management is good, decent benefits, nice facilities.

Cons

Very low pay in the GDF structure, senior management in Dubuque completely out of touch, due to low wages in Dubuque the level of expertise that can be attracted is insufficient, new hires take too long to contribute since they do not know the job, for the few people that can actually do the job, they are completely overworked, constant fire fighting and can never get ahead to be proactive, priorities are focused on the low bang for the buck..."make sure your yearly training activities and quarterly security reports are done and make sure your signature line in email is correct", it doesn't appear they are really concerned about supporting the customer

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