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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,166 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      76% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Senior management

      IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,166 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
      Sep 2, 2008

      Low job stability

      Advisory it specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I can work from home if I have to.

      Cons

      Anytime IBM can replace you or outsource your job (from India) for a cheaper cost to them.

      3.0
      Sep 1, 2008

      Management is putting the squeeze on IT staff.

      Advisory it specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexible hours and work locations. Lots of free classes available from the IBM Global Education website. The benefits are excellent. You get 18 days of vacation to start and that becomes 23 days on your tenth year.

      Cons

      Excessive overhead created by matrix organizational structure. Pressure to outsource is constant and there is little job security. 46 hour work week is expected. Employees have to fight for themselves to get recognition for work they do.

      4.0
      Aug 29, 2008

      Good place to work if you can stand the billable hour stupidity and the outsourcing stupidity.

      Advisory i/t architect
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The flexible work schedule, the good pay, and the people I work with are the primary things that keep me here. I could never go back to having set start and stop times for work; I have a child now and it's wonderful to be able to take time during the day to attend something at preschool or just not try to yank her out of bed before she's ready. The pay is good, and I enjoy the work I'm doing for the most part. I think I'm one of the lucky ones in both regards. The people are nice overall, and I really enjoy working with the people on my team.

      Cons

      The only metric that management has is a billable hour. That leads to a lot of really stupid decisions, and they're losing good people left and right because of this. Another primary strategy is to get rid of as many US employees as possible (due to cost), so these people are not being replaced. Nobody seems to care if an employee in a different country can do the job at all. They're cheaper, so they're hired. Just like in the US, some of these folks are bright and motivated -- we don't pay competitively in those countries, so you can bet you're training them up for some other company. Others are worthless, and they'll stay around for a long time, accomplishing nothing -- but management doesn't care, because they're not in the US.

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