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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
      2.0
      Nov 22, 2018

      BI developer

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Co-workers are great. That's all.

      Cons

      Low salary. Absent manager. You have to fight to get a monitor. You need to buy your own HDMI cable.

      3.0
      Nov 13, 2018

      As any huge company, it totally depends on the organization you belong.

      Research engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Stability: if you are in for a long term tenure at the company and are willing to drink the kool aid, here's a good place to stay. - Roof is very high. Ample margin for having a career here. Again, if you're into that. - Projects can be interesting, specially if you land on a research lab (which fortunately is my case). Outside the research world... some projects seem all right, some other constitute the material nightmares are made of. - Overall, I'd say the life for research stuff here in IBM is quite ok. Definitely a good company to do research. Otherwise... maybe not that much. Depends on what you like.

      Cons

      - You have to deal with some archaic technology stacks (exhibit A is Lotus Notes... they called from the 90's, want their collaboration suite). Anyway, I guess the decision to stick to Notes is understandable: it just works, and the hideous UI can be hidden behind our web-based email client. - It's a big company. Red tape is a reality. I think IBM acknowledges this and try to improve things, but still... bureaucracy is a thing here. - Salaries are comparatively low. Unless promoted routinely, you'll always have the feeling your friends with similar experience earn more than you. - Since IBM's niche is the enterprise sector and not the end user, the company is no longer perceived as cool. Not a bad thing per se, but I believe this is detrimental when it comes to attract (young) talent. - Sometimes I feel like I'm surrounded with overhyping, specifically when it comes to Watson APIs. Cognitive computing: IBM buzzword only used inside IBM.

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