IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,230 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,230 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
1.0
May 18, 2017

AGE DISCRIMINATION

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Pros

Large company with lots of interesting technologies to explore and a very fast paced environment but very focused on immediate results.

Cons

Consistently fire top performers over 40 years old - replaced by younger workers or H1B visa workers. Way to focused on reporting positive Wall Street metrics as sales fall as a result of their most experienced sellers losing their jobs to reduce expense.

1.0
Apr 3, 2017

Sad state of affairs

Recommend
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Pros

Work from home Long time, hard working co-workers

Cons

Reduction in benefits No raises Expected to be on call 27x7x365 with no compensation Resource Actions are constant. Demoralizing Directionless management Our group has been re-organized so many times we don't know what to call ourselves One month severance, even after 25+ yrs service

2.0
Dec 24, 2016

Fresh from college? Avoid IBM!

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Pros

Not much to write home about except that there are some very talented people at IBM. Some groups still allow WFH. I have worked here for 20+ years so there must have been something good but hard to quantify.

Cons

Good for top executives and 2% employees. Others are just going through the motions. No clear direction. Even the much touted Watson is bleeding money. Mobile strategy is non existent other than the Apple partnership. Cloud is struggling - most people don't have a clue on how to compete with AWS or Azure. Management identifies some people as worthy and keeps paying them all the perks. Lately, I have seen a lot of average techies become STSMs.

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