IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,148 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 107,148 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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3.0
Aug 5, 2008
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Pros

Opportunity to expose to different industries. Theoretically, you can "changed" job but still working for the same company. As one on the largest IT service provider in the world, you have a lot chances to work for the job you are fond of, if you know the way. In addition, you can leverage on the their information database, you can gain immense knowledge from the intranet.

Cons

Compensation is mediocre if not bad. Had been hearing some complaints that there is no pay rise for "performing satisfactory", although it's still subject to other factors like country, pay comparison to peer. Profit sharing scheme like stocks can be neglected compare to my ex-employment in another MNC.

3.0
Aug 5, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Usually, there are good opportunities to learn and experience new things.

Cons

A person can get pigeonholed on a skill and be required to perform it over and over again. Just because a person is good at something doesn't mean that they want to continue to do it forever.

4.0
Aug 5, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work/life balance at IBM is better than most other top-tier IT companies. There are several good projects within IBM for those who are motivated to seek them out, but the company is not dynamic and bleeding-edge enough to provide great experience to all its engineers.

Cons

Being a large corporation with a smaller footprint in the most cutting edge technologies, I believe it is difficult to demonstrate innovative solutions without being hindered by service work and other duties. It is easy to get stuck in a rut where you are not learning universally applicable skills.

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