IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,184 total reviews)
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76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,184 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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4.0
Sep 29, 2008
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Pros

They had good career opportunities and good careers advancements. There were career opportunities and career tracks and my manager allowed me the chance to make internal switches to other departments as and when opportunities arose. They also had clear distinct reporting structures so it was easy to directly speak with whoever I needed to, and was unencumbered by complicated layers of organisation. It was a very flat organisation structure, so to speak. Co-workers also similarly were co-operative and easy to get along as everyone understood that we were there to get the job done. It was easy working with them.

Cons

The compensation and benefits were somewhat unbalanced compared to my job scope, work load and responsibilities. I had to often clock overtime due to the high workload but the compensation and benefits did not seem to make up for it. My manager explained this due to a temporary shortage of staff, but there really was not anyone employed to come here to help me out with the workload. While the pay was somewhat decent, I just felt I could have gotten the same pay in a similar role in a competitor's company, with a more humane workload and a more balanced lifestyle.

2.0
Sep 29, 2008
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Pros

It's a good place to learn and increase your skillset and there's a lot of smart people working there. The name "IBM" looks pretty good on your resume.

Cons

There's basically no formal training classes any more. They used to just let you just sign up and take whatever you wanted, but now they says there's no money. The benefits get smaller every year. Health insurance costs more every year with higher copays and less coverage.

1.0
Sep 29, 2008
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Pros

There are not many, if any good reasons to work for STG. The only good reason I can think of to work for STG is a steady pay check for the short term.

Cons

There is no appreciation or respect for employees, management is incompetent and decisions/promotions/raises are completely political in nature. It is not what you know or what you do, its who you know. Upper management is too greedy with the distribution of wealth, leaving employees with only crumbs.

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