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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,166 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      76% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Senior management

      IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,166 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
      3.0
      Jul 30, 2008

      Good company starting out from college, not sure about long term

      Process engineer
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      Pros

      I feel the company is pretty good with the work life balance. Because the company is very advance some are even allowed to work remotely. As an engineer supporting the manufacturing line you could essentially do a good portion of your job from home. The company also provides good benefits at least compared to the other companies I have looked at which is really only two other companies. They also have other little perks like different corporate discounts and rewards for great achievements (eventhough I hear they are not as good as they used to be). I did enjoy most of the people are work with. There are a good number of helpful people with in the company

      Cons

      It seems there is a lot of backwards thinking in IBM and not just within some divisions. It seems to be company wide. It seems like changes always loop back around someone. The high level managers think they have an understanding of what happens at the lowest level but don't. There always seems to be a different panic attack each day so it can get stressful at times. Pick your day and you have some serious issue going on. The meetings are endless and often pointless. The meetings always make it seems like it's deja vu. There is more time spent talking about the problem than actually going to correct it.

      5.0
      Jul 30, 2008

      IBM - I'm not leaving any time soon...

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Terrific breadth of career opportunities - I've worked for IBM since university (12 years now), and I've held 10 different roles, and had opportunity to be part of 3 different start-ups with opportunity for rapid advancement. IBM also offers great flexible working opportunities - I work a condensed working week now that I have children, and my job is mostly based at my home office.

      Cons

      Strong US work ethic - rare for anyone in my department to leave on time in the evening, and overtime is not paid. Really hard to work part-time in a company like IBM - you really need to have a presence 5 days per week unless you're happy for your career to go on the back-burner for a while... Maternity leave pay is pretty rubbish, sliding scale down to 40% pay (better than a few years ago, but still poor).

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