IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,367 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 107,367 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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1.0
Apr 22, 2010
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Pros

It was a good place to work when I first started working in 1998. They used to pay for tuition reimbursements and provide professional classes to take every year. The bonuses used to good and was a good environment to work in.

Cons

With the recent job cuts the morals for US employees have gone down. The goal is to get US based employees to below 100K and increase the headcount in India which is already above 90K. Most employees work way too much overtime and most are stressed out. Most people are worried about loosing their jobs. There is no work life balance at IBM. Most people work from home. Most managers are not qualified to be managers and lack the education or certification in Management.

3.0
Apr 3, 2010
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Pros

Flexibility around managing my work day and time Worked with great people Good benefits package - health care, dental, vacation

Cons

Required many hours of un-paid overtime to meet project goals Very few class-room training sessions available in the US. Only had access to on-line, self-directed training Many, many US jobs being off-shored

2.0
Mar 31, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Flextime is available, but that is almost a standard in the technical world, so I'm not sure it's much of a pro. Lot of smart people to work with, but I've found lots of smart people to work with in other places too. Educational opportunities, but such cost controls that one can never participate in really valuable education.

Cons

No way for advancement without significant job change and likely a relocation. Money is sub par compared to other companies Poor moral due to severe cost controls that hit everything from "thanks" and other awards to simple team pizza lunches. Long hours and good work go unrewarded IT equipment is sub par compared to other companies. Lack of resources to do the work. Constant feeling of impending doom as you wait for the outsourcing axe

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