Is IBM a good company to work for?

IBM has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 131,516 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 78% of employees would recommend working at IBM to a friend and 68% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about IBM have been left by employees working as Research Intern , Internship and Intern - Hourly .

Does IBM pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, IBM employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at IBM. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at IBM?

78% of IBM employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated IBM 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at IBM?

Software Engineer (4340) , Applications Developer (2902) , Software Developer (2412) , Project Manager (2320) , Senior Software Engineer (2033) , Senior Consultant (1845) , Consultant (1839) , IT Specialist (1112) , Application Developer (1104) , Associate Systems Engineer (1030) , Business Analyst (1025) , Systems Engineer (871) , Manager (850) , Managing Consultant (848) , Intern (821)

What are the pros of working at IBM according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and good to be able to work from home although that’s often at the discretion of your manager" ((in 11020 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5030 reviews)); "Flexible timings and work from home option(i gotta laptop thats why i enjoy this privilege)" ((in 4355 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3395 reviews)); "Good benefits; IBM prides itself on being a leader in Healthcare Benefits and incentives for healthy living." ((in 3287 reviews))

What are the cons of working at IBM according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and the increment was less than 2% even top performer unless you got band promotion" ((in 5439 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2168 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1742 reviews)); "Poor leadership: One senior exec's ego is much larger than his brain; no longer values employees." ((in 615 reviews)); "Middle and upper Management form a good old boys (and girls) club." ((in 456 reviews))

What are employees saying about IBM layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about IBM layoffs and their outlook for job security at IBM in 2026.

What IBM locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Knoxville , Poland , India , USAR Center , Annapolis , Woodstock , Brookhaven , Hampton , Anaheim , Orange

IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,128 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.8

Career opportunities

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Senior management

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,128 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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Reviews by job title

107K reviews

4.0

Mar 22, 2009

Good

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

- good holiday entitlement that grows the longer you spend there - managers who are understanding about commitments outside work etc and not too demanding - very flexible work day. can come in at 10 or 11. - managers leave you to get on with your work without micromanaging. - some great tech people, who can be very inspriing to work with - good tech talks (occasionally) and other visiting talkers who are usually interesting - many opportunities for training, which management are supportive of. courses available in both technical (programming languages, etc) and non-technical disciplines (British Sign Language, presentation skills etc).

Cons

- lack of benefits - no free food (yes, a major problem!) - not much communication with upper management - more tech talks would be very nice

4.0

Mar 19, 2009

Good place to work, excellent way to improve your curriculum.

Advisory it specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It is a huge company. You can find opportunities on any area, so whatever you like to do, they need it. It may take a while for you to arrange a work position exactly as you want, but this is up to you to show results and find your way inside the company. Don't expect things to come to you: go ahead and open your our doors. One of the best things about IBM is that it has sites everywhere. You can work on the closest office or even at home. I disagree with people who says here that IBM does not pay overtime hours. They do, if you really needs to work overtime. Most people try to earn more money by just working extra hours and than blame IBM cause it does not want to pay for those extras. If they need it, they will ask you to work and will pay you.

Cons

Well.. it is a huge company :-) You have to open your ours doors. Nobody will adopt you there. IBM tries to to everything on IT and sometimes there are no focus. One day they have Network Support Services and the other day they sell everything to AT&T and start saying the future is Mainframe Services. If you want to stay in the company for a logn time you need to watch it closely and be prepared to change areas as the company changes.

5.0

Feb 7, 2009

IBM is a great place to work but needs to give the employees a feeling of security.

Senior it specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The support that is available when working. The company is global but the ability to collaborate with fellow employees around the world is so simple the world seems that much smaller. There are plenty of opportunities to find your niche and grow. Learning opportunities are all around. Overall compensation can give a great quality of life.

Cons

The over emphasis on objective quantifiable measurement rather over subjective observation of ability and performance given the environment of opportunity or lack thereof. The bottom line can receive too much emphasis and confuse the employees when contrasted with announcements of record numbers and billions in profit.

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