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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,157 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      76% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

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      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 107,157 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
      2.0
      Jul 11, 2008

      IBM India - Too Large to make a difference

      Consulting
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Scale of the company provides an ability to be at the forefront of services given the large number of industries and countries IBM is in. IBM India is also a woman-friendly organization. IBM India provides a fairly good work-life balance which allows enough time to pursue interests outside of work. There is a large amount of knowledge within the system which can be very good for people who are willing to invest time in mining the knowledge artifacts. The company also provides enough opportunity to work with a large number of customers some of them the best names in the industry which is an experience by itself.

      Cons

      IBM India has been growing at a very fast pace and now is a very large company with more than 70000 employees. This means you tend to feel like a cog in a giant machine and employees very rarely get to be truly transformational in nature. Compensation is also much lower than the market and the hikes are getting poorer with every passing year. In addition because of the size, it becomes difficult for employees to feel as if they are contributing really to any meaningful activity. Also, the overall quality of the resources seems to be declining with the size of the company.

      2.0
      Jul 10, 2008

      IBM Will Slap the Golden Handcuffs on You

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Salary is competitive and often exceeds other local employers. Time allowed for vacation and personal choice holidays is good (if you can actually afford to lose time from work to take it). If you do not abuse it, time away from your cube during the workday to take care of personal business is accepted without even a raised eyebrow. Project assignments can be interesting and challenging.

      Cons

      Zero investment in professional development. Unbelievably low investment in providing employees with the tools necessary to do their jobs. Physical work environment is substandard. Poor yearly bonus system. Ever-deteriorating product quality due to insanely short development cycles and offshoring to incompetent workers. Low performing employees are tolerated far too much and are often simply passed from one department to another - it's like a government job. Too many layers of management. The bureaucracy would make Kafka cry.

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