IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,205 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 107,205 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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107K reviews
1.0
Jun 11, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A great place if you want to telecommute, their virtual services are second to none.

Cons

Management is just plain incompetent at all levels. You'll never get a decent raise. They expect you to work 80 hour weeks in most cases. You'll get no respect from any level of management and in many cases clients are so fed up with IBM that they are just waiting for their SLAs to expire and then they go with someone else. I've seen it happen over 8 times in the last 5 years. It is absolutely appalling.

5.0
Sep 26, 2019

Awesome

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible , smartest and nicest people

Cons

Can give better salary to employee

3.0
Jan 16, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Because of its reputation and standing, it gets interesting assignments and you get to do interesting work. 2. It has a large, organized reservoir of templates, models, tools and instruments -- and training to back their use -- and you can learn and grow in your profession. 3. It has many competent professionals and encourages 'communities of practice,' which aids professional growth. 4. IBM is huge and involved in many different lines of exploration, which in turn broadens your professional view and, if you choose, helps you develop your knowledge and skill in a new or different direction -- a major career advantage in a time of radical flux.

Cons

1. Despite its claim, it is a very mechanistic organization, which has an engineering approach to its employees, who are viewed as cogs in a machine and left to feel used and dispensable. 2. Despite an elaborate on-boarding program, its treatment of new employees is casual and thoughtless, and the initial period for newcomers is hard. 3. It is particularly bad for younger employees, who haven't had long working experience and are not principally self-directed; they often rudderless and lost in a giant maze. 4. Most employees are now 'virtual' and get scant team or organizational support, leaving them isolated, unsupported and painfully on their own.

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