IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,282 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 107,282 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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4.0
Jan 5, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Ability to offer end to end capabilities to clients, huge amount of resources to work with, ability to change roles / build broad experience, being part of a mobile workforce. Opportunity to work closely with a global workforce. Compensation and benefits are very good, the business is strong, business is diversified enough to weather downturns in specific sectors or segments. In the services business, the ability to work remotely, live just about anywhere is a huge plus.

Cons

Difficulty in effectively leveraging all the capabilities available due to vastness, sometimes conflicting performance metrics. Occasionally seems too bureaucratic / requiring too many approvals on deals. The flip side of being a remote / mobile worker is very little sense of Team.

2.0
Jan 5, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

IBM had a good name years ago, one of the top innovators. If one focuses on learning there is a lot of potential to learn many aspects of the business. There is potential to excel in one's job if you keep your focus.

Cons

Too big so that some managers are apparently either not competent and not trained to bring out the best in themselves and others. It appears innovation is not rewarded enough. Not just technological innovation, but innovation in how to run a business in order to make the truly company indespensible because customers will always expect the best, next great thing.

2.0
Jan 5, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Big company with many different opportunities to expand your skill set. Still a lot of high quality people in the organization, especially our technical resources. Benefits are decent, not great. IBM will spend time educating new comers to the business, while so many others don't.

Cons

Big company with lots of internal paperwork, we are slow moving (still). The selling skils of our client teams has diminshed greatly over the past twenty years as we have failed to keep our salaries competitive with the industry. You won't make a great income, and you will be ground into the ground

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