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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,259 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 107,259 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
      2.0
      Mar 25, 2010

      This Place is the pits!

      Consultant- business risk management
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Name recognition - Ability to command more far money at another firm - Plenty of Learning and knowledge opportunities -

      Cons

      - NO work/life balance (we are expected to be the lasts ones in the office, despite the fact that the client staff leaves at least 3 hours before us) - Management is the worst, no communication and lots of sugar coating bs - salary below industry average; bonuses are the WORST and pay raises are non-existent unless you're already making $250K - morale low - resource actions are arbitrary - promotion process is a major joke, not at all merit based; based on how much @ss you kissed - WAY TOO MANY POLITICS

      1.0
      Mar 2, 2010

      If there were another job in the area with equivalent compensation, I'd be there in a shot

      Advisory software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It's a paycheck. Some first line managers are good and will save your hide. Compensation is decent.

      Cons

      The company is focused completely on the bottom line. Experience isn't valued. Layoffs have no rhyme or reason, and often seem to be veiled attempts to offshore job functions, and are alarmingly frequent, even if a good year has happened. The bottom line has priority over product quality and customer satisfaction unless you're a premium customer or employee satisfaction. If you have a decent first and second-line management, life can be tolerable. Benefits and compensation are often spun as "in line with industry averages", implying that we're only average.

      2.0
      Jan 11, 2010

      IBM could be very good investment but not a good employer

      Advisory software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      IBM has excellent executive management and they know very well how to run business. I would say IBM is a good investment but not a good employer. You can learn well about business if you are in management chain at some senior level.

      Cons

      IBM is not very well paying employer. IBM has excellent executive mgmt but they are quite conservative in passing profits down the line. IBM is always striving to increase margins and they try that from both the ends. Increase product/service rates and pay less to employees. IMO, this is short term view instead of developing satisfied work force with high moral.

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