IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,230 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 107,230 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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2.0
Nov 14, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Cool technology. Great co-workers (for the most part). Nice to be part of such a WW icon

Cons

huge bureaucracy. Frequent layoffs, executed arbitrarily.

2.0
Nov 14, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company offers amazing flexibility and worklife balance

Cons

Poor compsenation, Promotions are based upon popularity rather then performance. Mgmt is aggressive in nature and try to overload there employees with work. When there is push back your performance rating is affected. Tons of offshore outsourcing which causes a slew of mistakes which then comes back to employees in Canada to resolve. Morale is very low causing top talent to go else where.

2.0
Nov 14, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good reputation, and plenty of scope for taking different roles and moving around. Generally very good quality colleagues to work with - there is very little 'dead wood' here apart from the internal IBM bureaucracy.

Cons

Poor morale due to promised bonuses and payrises not being delivered to high performers, despite record profits. Constant pressure to book all hours of the week, but no overtime and scant recognition either financial or otherwise. In particular the management are driving the environment and morale to the bottom to encourage higher levels of voluntary attrition. Mobility requirement in services business puts a lot of pressure on family life and there's no understanding or appreciation from any level of management. That's OK if compensation and morale is good - but it isn't.

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