IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,265 total reviews)
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77% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,265 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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4.0
May 13, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. You are in control of your career 2. Support is great if you make an effort to find it 3. There are a million things you can get involved in --- assuming you can make the time 4. People respect you in industry. 5. You are actually making a difference in the way the world opperates. 6. History repeats itself: If the next 100 years look anything like the first 100 years of IBM, you are going to want to be a part of it.

Cons

1. ITS BIG. Which means you have to document everything you do. So that everyone can be reviewed fairly. 2. Item 1 above implies: Ton of Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, and Annually Admin Tasks to complete. 3. It is not good for people who want to be guided every step of the way. You are in control which means you have to independently decide to take action EVERY DAY in order to advance your career.

4.0
May 10, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

IBM was a good place to work when i started my career. There are still a lot of opportunities to learn because of diverse nature of projects.

Cons

The culture in the company has deteriorating been of late. Too many good policies have been dropped to reduce costs. Too much politics and group culture makes it difficult to work sometimes.

4.0
May 9, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

long history of world recognition. Good balance between work and life. flexibility, lots of smart people to work with, get help from senior colleagues.

Cons

Higher level of management is not transparent, benefits are not as good as before, lots of IBMers complain about minimum bonus.

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