IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,222 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,222 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 Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Mar 19, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The possibility to collaborate with highly skilled individuals arround the world

Cons

The processes are to constrainting

3.0
Aug 4, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Real innovation, global company that takes new opportunities very seriously. The research work going on at IBM is perhaps the most cutting-edge in IT and even in other industries. IBM has a tremendous cash-cow in zSeries machines and can continue to capitalize on it for years to come. This will finance other projects .

Cons

If you have not gone above grade 10, your salary will not match your abilities or qualifications. Moreover, cost cutting has become a culture so pervasive that even after a great quarterly result, senior managers are asked to freeze hiring, travel budgets and call off international meetings. Hardly anyone can travel in business any longer, even senior execs. I've seen Sr VPs sitting in open space offices -- these are people with 100s of reports. Something is severely screwed up when seniority no longer has any rewards.

4.0
Jun 13, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Innovation insights and capability; global and cross collaboration framework and tools; self-government and initiatives encouraged, remote work and mobility, matrix organization with good people and skills.

Cons

IBM is a financial company, investors and clients come first, employees have to find their own motivation.

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