IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,061 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,061 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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107K reviews
2.0
Jun 2, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

- Generally open-minded and supportive colleagues - Breadth of tasks and topics to work on (if you can get in the right job) - Still recognized well in the market

Cons

- Management quality and ethics have seriously eroded in the last nine years - Company has lost its values - Employees are given neither means nor education to do an excellent job - Boasting in external communication, while paying only lip-service to quality and excellence internally - Culture of fear and pressure - you have never done enough and it is implied that failure is your personal fault - Lack of accountability for badly designed and negotiated contracts - instead pressure is put on delivery teams to "make it work", see also point above - Performance does not pay, as compensation model does not allow rewards for good and top performers anymore - Long-time top performers are severely underpaid compared to the market

2.0
Nov 5, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

- good work life balance - no work stress

Cons

- Very poor Mentorship during my internship, in terms of requirements, or keeping up or things you learn during your internship. specially with interns if you are not self motivated you wont get any requirements nor guidance. - Very poor social life, i spend most of the days talking to no one, going to eat alone, working alone. no common activities, during my 6 month internship there was one social event, i got even invitation with an email in German language ( although my German is not that good and everyone knows about it) - Very common that in coffee breaks, people around speak in German and keep you totally isolated. - Although everyone knew that i don't speak German, i got a contract in German language, when i asked the HR for translation or even a pdf text copy of the contract so i use google translator !! , they said they don't have one !! - HR also refused to help me finding an apartment - Tons of Emails in German you get everyday, even direct emails considering issues in your laptop. - Catering machines don't have English labels - IBM buildings are getting very old and depressing, they are very far from stuttgart city. either to stay in beoblingen city or spend around 40 mins everyday to arrive to work Everymorning

2.0
Aug 17, 2014

The good days are gone.

Recommend
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Pros

Homeoffice and very flexible working hours, unless you work in support.

Cons

Roadmap 2015 and roadmap 2020 are killing the work moral. No matter how good you do your job, you are never sure to be the next one on the list to be RAed, for Roadmap 2015 being fulfilled. Lots of talented people are leaving.

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