IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,286 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

77% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,286 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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2.0
Jan 5, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits packages were well above average, corporate discounts available to me as an employee were great, industry recognition of the IBM name. Company match of the 401k

Cons

The most senior managers only care about their stock options and their million dollar pay checks. They couldn't care less about people and the impact of their decisions and policies on people. The company is too large to have a feeling of belonging or camaraderie outside a few specific work groups.

4.0
Jan 5, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

big name, lots of opportunities,they make the best PCs on the planet, the Operating Systems have never been outperformed, they will always produce exceptional hardware, a retirement program that is the envy of the world, the company country club is superb, the mainframe business is still going strong, DB2 rocks!, Lotus Notes continues to destroy the poseur Exchange system for kids,

Cons

big company bureaucracy, some politics as expected in such large company, careful - don't get caught in the wake of that wave coming your way...you can make more but only when you leave the company, so don't plan on getting comfortable there

3.0
Jan 5, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great learning experiences to work with talented teams, large fortune 500 companies and excellent training.

Cons

No career growth. I know many project managers who have worked for 10 years and still not even making 100k where as the PMs who leave to go elsewhere such as biotech companies, financial industry, health care or technology companies with only 5 years of PM experience out of college are making 100k salaries.

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