IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,247 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 107,247 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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1.0
Sep 8, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Relatively stable company with long history and favorable brand that has not caught up to its technical decline. Smart people subject to a withering personnel evaluation system.

Cons

Almost total focus on near term (next few months) returns. Funding model that makes employees short term contractors to development divisions and customers with almost no ability to think about long term technology or science.

4.0
Jul 1, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Innovative people and excellent ability to scale up successful endeavors to global proportions. Reasonable pay, and good benefits.

Cons

Executive Leadership has lost its way. The folks selected to serve at the most senior levels behave like tyrants, are not likeable and in some cases aren't trustworthy. That means the people they lead don't give their all and the company is suffering as a result. It's a big difference from where the company was 10 years ago.

2.0
Jun 16, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Relaxed, laid back atmosphere to work Plenty of walking around and chatting Opportunity to learn IF you have the right team leader and cultivate a friendship with the top manager

Cons

Focus entirely on Quantity, not Quality or Complexity of work submitted Nepotism runs rampant No incentive to do good work, just churn it out to be rewarded No opportunity for advancement - nobody wants to help you move up since that would leave them with finding a replacement and Rochester is not a great attraction Pay is roughly 40% below of market rates - just for those with a BS degree, around 50-60% below market if you have a JD or USPTO registration; I left and was offered 2x my last salary when I inquired about returning.

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