IBM System Engineer reviews

4.1

85% would recommend to a friend

(894 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

83% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Systems Engineer employees have rated IBM with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 894 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Systems Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Systems Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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894 reviews
2.0
Nov 22, 2009
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

- Good Environment - Good work culture - Good Training available if approved - flexi timings

Cons

- if you stay long in IBM u ll be treated as dirt - no salary (6+ year will get less then 2+ year new hire will get) - no on site - no promotion - no recognition, no matter what you do - lower level is screwed if anything goes wrong - all depends on managers, if u good with him, he can change your life

1.0
May 18, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you are starting your career you can use it as a stepping stone. Nothing else.

Cons

Low salaries. Tthere is no perspective to grow. The work load is too high. No weekends or holidays, just work (in a short time you'll notice that your social life will be lost). If you are thinking to go there work as a consultant, nevermind! IBM and the Consulting companies are always fighting because of their contracts leaving the consultants in a position where they are unable to argue. Unassisted!

1.0
Mar 24, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

To get experience - not training (no training given) to go to your next job. Hope that it looks good on the resume. Still do not see why other employers think that working for IBM is a good thing.

Cons

Too much work time, no training, bad management, constant threats of 'resource action' (layoff). Always dumping more work on you from your laid off coworkers (with no training, no time to learn, no support). Constant threat your job will be offshored. The latest morale boost is that your job will be moved to one of three cities in the USA and no moving expenses paid and your salary will be adjusted to the local prevailing rate. Could be worse, job could be going to India, Brazil, etc without you.

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