IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,138 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 107,138 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
Jul 18, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting and challenging work, the company is the leader in it's industry, and growth prospects for the future are very promising. It is a very high performance culture that encourages risk taking and innovative thinking.

Cons

Large company that can sometimes be bureaucratic and frustrating when working across organizational boundaries. There are still some slackers on staff who have not been managed out of the business, however the resource actions in the last couple years have started to address this problem.

2.0
Jul 17, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Many different technologies used, many industry engagments, world wide opportunity to consult if you find that interesting.

Cons

Zero investment in new skills. If you learn something it is only because you took the initiative. IBM is constantly releasing new and revised product solutons and yet their own core employee base does not know how to utilize them making internal and external employment more difficult over time.

3.0
Jul 17, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Variety of job possibilities; positions available worldwide; fairly stable; low expectations; average compensation

Cons

Lack of "cool" products; loads of bureaucracy; impersonal; pay is not concomitant with effort; you work for a law firm, not a software company (#1 in patents for years has led to a very litigious corporation); carebear corporate culture that promotes based on externally-recognizable characteristics instead of merits

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