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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,250 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      77% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

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      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 107,250 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
      Dec 23, 2008

      Good place to start, would not recommend becoming a 'lifer 'with current direction.

      Engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Good place to start, having name on resume opens a lot of doors. Don't stay more than 4 years. Management really pretty good about giving you time off for family/personal issues. First-line managers really seem to appreciate empoyees, very limited in their abilty to do much for their employees.

      Cons

      Way too stifling, way too much NIH (Not Invented here), too proud to realize that other companies passing them by, too bureucratic to change what's necessary to turn the boat. Unless you were there through the heydays, compensation totally inadequate and doesn't even come close to keeping up with competition. (That doesn't change much with organizational advancement, either.) Make sure you get a good salary on the way in, it won't change much, regardless of your oerformance.

      5.0
      Dec 22, 2008

      ok place to work for

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      for the name, everyone know ibm is one of the biggest company in the world. The environment is rather relaxing as compare to other small firms. There is basically many people for one task, which is good for a relaxing working environment. The pay and benefits are okay. it's a really huge company, almost everyone know it.

      Cons

      company too big. Since it's a huge company, you won't get too learn as much, cuz you will be assigned to a very specifict task. IBM is also not as prosperous as it use to be, so it's does not have much potential as those startup companies.

      4.0
      Dec 22, 2008

      IBM offers opportunities to those who want it

      Business development executive
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The choice to work from home or the office offers a great amount of flexibility especially for women and men. Respect for work life balance issues is prevalent in most organizations. IBM is such a large organization that there is a tremendous amount of job opportunities to branch out. Throughout my 20 years at IBM, I have held positions in Manufacturing, Development Engineering, Marketing and Sales, with the ability to parlay job history and skills aquired into the next job. The colleagues I work with are competent and the management team I work for is respectful and appreciative of the effort that I put in for IBM.

      Cons

      IBM is a highly matrixed environment, at times, it is confusing who has the lead. It is a large organization and there is competition within product lines and services groups. Without strong leadership looing t the bigger picture, it can get very disheartening to work at IBM. In addition, because it is so large, it frequently takes time to find the right person or right organization to address a question/problem.

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