IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,112 total reviews)
avatar

Arvind Krishna

76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,112 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).

Reviews by job title

107K reviews
4.0
Jun 18, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The People and Management are great

Cons

The many levels of management. Very difficult to get things done internally

5.0
Jun 18, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fantastic breadth of opportunity to either expand depth of knowledge through research or scope of experience by working on a variety of projects.

Cons

Understanding that things take longer in a large organization and there are lots of processes that need to evolve quickly becomes a challenge/requires patience and urgency in large quantity and at the same time.

3.0
Jun 17, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Resources are limited so you get to wear many hats. You have the ability to move to different organizations if you have the required skillsets.

Cons

Gradual replacement of on-shore with off-shore resources. Cost and and number of billable hours appears to be their number concern. Your job can be eliminated at any time if they no longer need you or you become an expense to the company. There are a few unfair practices that I've seen while I was working at IBM, such as deferral of vacation to boost their productivity ratio, reduction of base salaries by 15%, reclassification to lower band. Management is not always supportive. On the average, you have the find another position every 2 years.

Viewing 106879 - 106881 of 107,112 Reviews

Glassdoor has 131,498 IBM reviews submitted anonymously by IBM employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if IBM is right for you.