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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,260 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      77% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

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      IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,260 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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      2.0
      Aug 24, 2010

      Use IBM as a last choice if you cannot find work anywhere else

      Senior security specialist/lead
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      Pros

      All of the best reasons to work at IBM are gone. They used to have great benefits. Management used to care (somewhat) about their employees. I have heard the stories from IBM-ers who worked for IBM starting in the 1960s. All of them say that it's not IBM any more. It is an empty shell of what it used to be. Outsourcing has turned a once-great computer manufacturer into a services-only based business.

      Cons

      Education is why I left IBM. I was set to take a Masters Degree, and asked my Manager if there would be any time considerations for my education. The manager said 'no.' Now mind you, I had given IBM hours of free overtime to the tune of 18 hour workdays very often in order to fulfill client needs and meet deadlines. The manager was adamant, he absolutely would give me NO TIME CONSIDERATION for a Masters Degree. IBM *used* to brag about how they supported employees' educational pursuits by paying for schooling. PSHAW. They stopped paying for low-class employees' educations in 2001, after 9-11-2001. Then, they stopped paying for Team Leads' education in 2003-2004. They might still pay if you are a manager or Sr. Manager, but now their former boast rings hollow. Anyhow, I quit IBM in order to take my degree and finished in the top of the class. I will only go back to IBM if all other opportunities dry up for me. IBM is like one of the Pyramids in Egypt. There was once greatness there, but all that is left are archaeological ruins. And, the ruins are not great wonders of the world, they are just ruins of a once-great business that had values.

      2.0
      Apr 29, 2010

      Get your experience and get out or else you will become a brainless robot.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Ability to work remote Benefits Too top heavy Lack of worker-bees Arrogance in the marketplace Slow to market Too political

      Cons

      Teleconference overload No Work/Life Balance GLOBALLY INTEGRATED ENTERPRISE Hierarchical Poor Pay Horrible review system Incompetent executives never get "resourced"

      2.0
      Apr 28, 2010

      My 2c as an IBMer

      Managing consultant
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      Pros

      IBM is the world's largest IT company with opportunities for employees to grow their career in multiple technologies and locations. The company puts a lot of stock in mentoring relationships and networking which allows you to talk to (and work with) some very intelligent and world-changing people as an employee. Within many divisions of IBM, work is being done on the cutting edge of technology. Your work is often reasonably well defined and you have the benefit of working for a very large company when dealing with clients and business partners. Generally you are expected to work 40-50 hours per week, but my experience has also included times where more or less were required.

      Cons

      The company is quite top-heavy (at least within product development) right now so there are often a large number of employees filling the limited number of jobs at the higher levels. Many of these people would not get to their current level under the promotion rules of today but IBM has not done many demotions over the last decade. A lot of information is not shared by HR or the leadership team to combat the fear, uncertainty, and doubt caused by recurring layoffs. There is a lot of effort by certain groups within the company to promote their own technology/projects, including forcing it into products and offerings where it does not belong, in order to justify its(their) existence. A lot of good ideas are ruined by the fact that so many people have a vested interest in having "their stuff" included in the next big thing. Even though the opportunity to move from job to job exists within IBM, it is often difficult to move because everyone is already overbooked and understaffed with no option to back-fill your position. A lot of services jobs within the company require very high billable-utilization rates which result in employees not even being able to take all of their vacation without missing their targets.

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