IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,431 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 107,431 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
5.0
Sep 19, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

A lot of people like to make the blanket statement that just because one's experience at a company was bad, then the company itself is bad. Yes, there have been horror stories about layoffs/RAs and out-of-date tech and annoying in-house software, but just remember that with how many teams and employees IBM has, your (potential) experience won't be like that of others. For example, I have: -seniors and managers who care deeply about my professional development -a modern tech stack, where almost nothing is internal (I'm looking at you, IBM Verse) -amazing work flexibility so I can balance my personal life and my work. For my priorities, my position at IBM is exactly what I needed for who I am and where I am in my life right now.

Cons

-Everyone has a lingering worry that they're going to get laid off, which isn't healthy for the morale or our work ethic.

2.0
Sep 17, 2017

Sinking ship.

Recommend
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Pros

Good co-workers, decent pay, good schedule.

Cons

TERRIBLE upper management, AWFUL corporate vision, constant lay off, furloughs, and pay cuts. IBM's corporate vision to make a profit has been to abandon what it was good at and jump on the trendy Cloud Computing model (5years after Amazon, Google, and Microsoft). IBM is failing so the answer to turn a profit over the last 5 years has been to slash qualified personnel stateside and hire droves of unskilled unqualified workers overseas. Layoffs, pay cuts, and terminating employees close to retirement.

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