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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,243 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 107,243 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
      5.0
      Dec 16, 2008

      I work here. It was the best decision I could have made.

      It architect
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Frankly, IBM is the company that sets the pace for just about all things technology. One of the things that stunned me about the company is how the company pushes the rest of the industry from a technical perspective. IBM is responsible for a vast number of patents, and continues to put money into research and development to dictate what's next.

      Cons

      I really haven't found any significant downsides. I could claim excessive travel, but that's more about my position than the company. We do have a very positive image throughout the world, and the logo on my business card gets respect.

      2.0
      Dec 15, 2008

      In 10 years there won't be any US IBM engineers. All engineers "rebalanced" to India.

      Hardware engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Management supports working from home. Good group of people to work with.

      Cons

      Frequent layoffs. Gradual shift of workers from US to India. Understaffed for amount of work. Poor communication from project managers. Unreasonable project schedules that have just become a joke. No sense of big picture, everything is week to week survival. Upper management seems to be only concerned with profit and their stock options. Difficult to see where you fit in such a large corporation. Can easily have first line manager be in some other geography hundreds of miles away. Working remotely from the main group can leave workers feeling isolated and lost.

      4.0
      Dec 15, 2008

      I would like to stay at IBM

      Software sales specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      IBM has a strong SW portfolio with good positioning within services and hardware segments. Hi investments on research. Company with good values. It's good to work in a company with long term relationship with customers. IBM has in mind the future and is not likely to take controversial decisions that can damage your reputation in the market.

      Cons

      Professional recognition is not clear. Been apart of the ERP, CRM and other business brings an unfair challenge to the SW Group sales team in General Business marketplace. The managers at IBM don't have any power to change or to propose big changes and are locked performing forecasting and taking care of burocratic workload. Too much talk and too low real action.

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