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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,304 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 107,304 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
      3.0
      Feb 6, 2009

      Not the IBM that impressed people 20 years ago.

      Sales specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Movement throughout the company. Decent pay and benefits. Fellow employees are friendly and usually pretty sharp. You do feel like a team, especially since the salaries are rather clustered together.

      Cons

      Management is pretty incompetent. Products have taken a turn for the worse lately. Too much pressure on selling and not enough on relationships with customers. Shady practices with lay offs and outsourcing. The morale has been pretty low due to the removal of pension benefits and health benefits even though the company was flush with money. 5,000 people were laid off last month even with record profits. Way too many VPs and directors. They take care of each other and rarely consider the first line managers or employees.

      1.0
      Feb 6, 2009

      Great benefits, great people, hideous working environment

      Staff software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The pay and benefits are reasonable. They employ a lot of excellent technical people. Depending on the department, they will let you work from home at least some of the time. Depending on the department, hours are flexible.

      Cons

      Demoralizing work environment. No job security - being rated well or promoted does not insulate you from layoff or mandatory reassignment. Seemingly arbitrary promotions and ratings - schmoozing is more important than technical ability or accomplishments. Bad behavior of some first- and second-line managers results in mistrust of all first- and second-line managers, making it difficult for any manager who genuinely wants to help morale. Usability of current products neglected in favor of "integrating" multiple IBM products, whether or not it makes sense for customers. Engineers expected to work to unrealistic schedules, and insulted or threatened if we try to point out or correct issues. Impossible to meet quality, content, and schedule goals - you just have to hope the team down the hall fails worse than your team does.

      3.0
      Feb 6, 2009

      Okay place to work at

      Senior architect
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Virtual work environment Big community of bright individuals

      Cons

      Bureaucratic Lack of control Periodic layoffs Compensation below industry averages

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