IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,132 total reviews)
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76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,132 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
4.0
Feb 13, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

IBM is a large company with vast amounts of talent. You can learn a lot and have lots of room to grow.

Cons

The company is so large that there can be huge differences in employee satisfaction based largely on the first line managers. I have seen comparable employees with large differences in perceived value and salaries.

5.0
Jan 5, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company to start out fresh out of college. I started out already being experience and settled down but I wish I would have started at IBM right out of college just for the fact that traveling consultants are very well taken care of. IBM allows you to travel home or else where every weekend which is great if you do not have to travel home every weekend, giving you the option to travel somewhere different every weekend.

Cons

Big company easy to get lost. If you are not a self promoter you can easily get past over for promotions or great projects to work on. Some people don’t like the large company which some times weeds out the good employees that are working and don’t have the time to self promote. I have seen a lot of great workers lost because they are not pushing them selves to be promoted.

5.0
Dec 11, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good opportunity for advancement, excellent benefits. Advancement is very good. You have room to be creative and present in foront of higher level management. The training is excellent. Education is key and they allow you to take a lot of classes to expand your knowledge.

Cons

Good old boy network is a problem. They tend to promote people they like. If you are not close to someone you have a difficult time getting promoted.

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