IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,300 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 107,300 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
3.0
Nov 10, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Different Chalenges every day in IBM

Cons

I think that intellectual capital in IBM is not well organized and provided in a way that could be easily reused.

3.0
Oct 25, 2010

Good to work for but good luck with promotion

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Exposure to interesting/cutting edge technology * Immediate colleagues great to work with * Opportunity for travel * Decent benefits

Cons

* HR is overly reliant on rigid and overly complicated PDF process for advancement, which causes many good people to either stagnate or leave * Several people have had to leave the company then come back to advance (No loyalty premium given to those who stay.) * Easy to get lost in the company * Management sometimes doesn't do a good job at aligning individual educational/development goals with corporate direction/expected pipeline. Education one of the first things to be cut when it comes to meeting targets.

4.0
Oct 20, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very interesting people to work with, diverse environment, space to develop leadership, ability to work on different projects across many industries. Outstanding support for work/life balance. Good benefit package.

Cons

Salary could be better, promotions are hard to come, recognition varies , work can be very stressful. There is no more paid overtime for lower band levels. This makes managing demanding schedules very hard.

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