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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,075 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      76% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Senior management

      IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,075 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
      Dec 28, 2008

      Excellent company, great exposure, first-class experience with the ability to do very BIG things if you have the drive.

      Hw engineer, logic
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Professional development is infinite at IBM with the full spectrum of positions from engineering to business. Deal with state-of-the-art in technology solutions. One of the few companies which do the entire spectrum in the IT industry from hardware to software, everything can be done in-house if needed. Best reasonable respect given to employees regarding work-life balance. Have to possibilities to explore and find the exact position that interest you. The employee, including first line managers have excellent people skills. IBM has its hands in very special markets due to its specialties and legendary status.

      Cons

      One of the largest companies in the world comes with a large amount of possibilities but with a slow response to feedback. Compensation is right at industry average levels.

      5.0
      Dec 18, 2008

      IBM is a company I would recommend to others.

      Senior marketing manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Within the organizations I supported and worked, I was constantly surrounded by educated professionals. Most companies have several "dead weight" employees; however I did not see many of these individuals in IBM. It seemed that most made a fair attempt to carry their weight and contribute to the team. In addition, those that were labeled as being unproductive were either encouraged to increase performance or they were part of the regular resource actions (layoffs). Thus, by having competent workers surrounding you, the overwhelming work load seemed a bit lighter... a bit. Secondly, general management does care about employee work-life balance. If anyone tries to tell you that IBM pressured them into compromising family life in favor of work schedule, question their motives. Of course, the executive work load is much greater than lower-level, and they at times, have work-life balance issues - but are well compensated for it.

      Cons

      In some organizations, there is a tendancy to 'stay the course' among lower-level employees. New initiatives and strategic changes were seen as temporary 'fire-drills' that would go away if ignored long enough. This type of attitude enables poor response to competition in the market and a general disalusion from sales and BPs as the the consideration IBM gives to their cause. When a new executive is appointed to make changes within an organization, those changes come slowly, or not at all. Furthermore, an employee looking to distinguish his/herself from the pack needs to seriously network. There is no 'automatic' climb to the top with hard work... even if you immediate management recognizes your talents. You MUST reach beyond your organization and network, network, network. Finally, with layoffs the workload does not diminish, but is reassigned. There was a period of 2 years as my 'expected actions' rose 400% due to assuming others' work as they were let go.

      5.0
      Jan 23, 2012

      Very Good

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Variety of opportunities Legacy of a long standing company Clear Business direction Opportunity for technical growth

      Cons

      Huge place, information soliciting can be cumbersome

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