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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,281 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 107,281 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
      Jan 6, 2009

      Working in IBM is comfortable if you're not ambitious.

      Staff hardware engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Lower workload compared to the salary. Flexible work time. Sometimes you can choose working at home. Lots of spare time.

      Cons

      Few opportunities to personal development, bad management and communication. Managers don't rely on all employees. Someone could always get the chances of training, project leading and promotions while others never see the changes. They would like to disscuss and make decisions within a very small team and then announce to all employees.

      2.0
      Jan 6, 2009

      Pays well, but works you to death.

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The pay is good, and you get to work with people around the world as well as a bunch of hillbillies in North Carolina. IBM is customer focused.

      Cons

      The review system does NOT promote teamwork. It is cut-throat. Also, IBM never does anything new or creative. You use old tools to work on last years technology. IBM buys new companies, it doesn't invent or create anything. Its heyday is long behind us. This is sad. Also, the stress level is unbelievable. I've seen people crying at their desks far too many times.

      4.0
      Jan 6, 2009

      Great innovation, decent benefits, fat upper management

      Technical sales
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great opportunity to move around during your career. Excellent education opportunities. Great innovation with large dollars spent on R&D (#1 in patents for 15 years). Decent benefits. Very flexible work hours. Working from home with budget for home office.

      Cons

      Off shoring, downsizing, forced moves, too much work per technical worker, bureaucracy abounds, fat upper management. Respect for the individual has declined, but all companies now days treat employees as an asset instead of a person, until you are not longer considered an asset , thus terminated.

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