IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,089 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 107,089 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
Jun 12, 2008
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Pros

IBM Support structures are second to none. Cutting edge technologies, and innovations.

Cons

Lack of motivation from staff who are seeing nothing in the way of pay rises. Effectively having to take an inflation rate pay cut, year on year. A review system that concentrates on performace metrics which are outdated, and inefectual, meaning that the people who get on with management get the best reviews, whilst those that actually DO the work are often not rewarded at all.

1.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

IBM is a very comfortable place to work. It has good benefits and it has fitness programs for its employees.

Cons

It is "top heavy" and has a lot of bureaucracy. It's very hard to get promoted unless you're buddy buddy with your manager. It's not very fair sometimes because the managers don't really know their people well.

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