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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,248 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      77% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.4

      Senior management

      IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,248 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
      Oct 3, 2016

      IBM is great. Baton Rouge IBM is awful

      Applications developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Core IBM is a great company. As a whole, IBMers are probably the nicest group of people I have ever worked with. Everyone in Core IBM has a lot of integrity and excellent work ethic. Health care benefits are very good. Baton Rouge IBM is a great place to start, if you're fresh out of college. Major resume boost, and you really do learn a lot on projects.

      Cons

      The Baton Rouge CIC is quite possibly the worst part of IBM. Most managers are unable or unwillingly to do their jobs. The pay is shockingly low, and "promotions" are insultingly small. I received a "promotion" and it was only a $3000/yr increase... I spend a lot of weekends working, and I usually don't get home until 9pm. I calculated my hourly rate: it's $14/hr. Before taxes. Baton Rouge CIC is a great place to start but not a place to stay. Get in, get your experience, get out.

      1.0
      Jul 8, 2016

      Zombie Company -Soulless and wandering

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work at home Work life balance Ability to work independently Breadth of education available

      Cons

      No time to take advantage of education Very few true leaders Cut throat work environment Constant arbitrary resource actions

      3.0
      Jun 2, 2016

      Great place to learn, bad place to stay

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great place to learn. Great work-life balance. Nothing is going to be handed to you, but if you show interest in different areas, lots of opportunities will open up for you. Senior team members take an active interest in you and help you when you're struggling.

      Cons

      Too much legacy infrastructure for build, SCM, automated test, and programming frameworks. Starting pay is good, raises and bonuses are non-existent due to the company financially struggling. Don't accept a low-salary with promises of raises if you do well. Constant layoffs make you fearful of signing 1-year leases out of fear you might be gone in the next wave of layoffs.

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