IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,270 total reviews)
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77% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,270 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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1.0
Dec 30, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Great place to learn from others

Cons

Focus is given to those who only exist to contribute to IBM, without regards for any personal life. In other words while IBM touts "work/life balance" as being important, it actually encourages an "all work / no personal llfe" atmosphere. The moment a person realizes that they need to slow down and re-claim their personal life, IBM loses interest in that person and labels them as "making too much money...", hoping that the person will eventually get frustrated from a lack of forward financial progress, and simply quit. Alternatively, if the person doesn't quit, they get laid off.

2.0
Dec 30, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fairly good pay & medical benefits.

Cons

The vast majority of technical jobs in the United States are going overseas to India, China, Brazil & a little bit to Russia. Opportunities to excel at IBM in the U.S. are diminishing every week & every month. Pay raises are non-existent or minimal. You can quickly get the feeling that IBM does not present a level playing field to everyone for promotions & career advancement.

3.0
Dec 30, 2008

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Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Exposure to leading-edge technology. Very strong R&D capabilities. Great peers to work with. Strong intellectual capital capabilities. Opportunity to do diverse work.

Cons

Strategic corporate investments that are not carefully thought thru. Corporate PR that gets ahead to corporate capabilties. Senior executive cliques. Upward communication demanded but very little strong downward communication. Frequent requirements for providing the same information and reports in different formats to different people.

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