IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,177 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 107,177 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
Aug 11, 2008
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Pros

There are lots of opportunities for advacement and to do different and challenging things. The benefits package is pretty good. The vacation package is reasonable and IBM is very good about extra time off for getting married and having children. There is also a lot of opportunity to work from home.

Cons

IBM is very beauruacratic,, and it is getting worse. It becomes more difficult every day to get things done. The education opportunities used to be much better. They are very restrictive now about the cost of attending classes. When I began 8 years ago there was much focus on promoting educaction and having people develop new skills.

5.0
Aug 10, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

A great place to develop as a professional. Career opportunities in many different fields! The matrix organization forces people to work together and not against each other. If you have the ambition to drive your career, IBM is a perfect place to do it!

Cons

Compensation wise it could be better. Not competitive salaries. Make sure you don´t drown in the information flow and administrative processes.

4.0
Aug 9, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great company. Once you have the experience of working for IBM, it helps you find another job easily. Product is good, stable quality even the price is always higher than competitors. But one of the best things I have to say that IBM has lots of professional managers that willing to help employers grow and to be successful. I have had the opportunity to work with those managers that are open minded, understands employee's needs, concerns, and willing to listen. Overall, the working environment is pretty good, compare with other companies I worked before, and worked after I left IBM.

Cons

too much internal political, but it maybe unavoidable almost anywhere. IBM product is always famous for good quality, however, I could not understand why it is so hard for them to cut the cost, and when I worked for PC division, the one that sold to Lenovo later on, IBM could not effectively resolve issues from supply chain, and internal program error. As a leading IT organization, it looks difficult for IBM to resolve these issues, and it certainly hurt the company's reputation. I know they have tried, but it did not work well. I hope it gets better now.

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