IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,300 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

77% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,300 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
Oct 2, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

There are smart, technical, helpful, and hard-working engineers working on cool, challenging assignments. An open environment to try out new ideas and methods all in the name of getting the latest products out on time. Good team atmosphere. Good pcs and technology. Flexible with working from home.

Cons

At IBM, as in hardware companies in general, we are being asked to make more and more complex products with less and less resources/people (due to computers (vs. cars, milk, and most other products) becoming cheaper with each passing year). Technical leaders are not promoted as often or as high as managers, in most areas.

3.0
Oct 1, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexibility; Autonomy; Deep resource pool for technical and consulting; good product support; great experience in many industries so there is precedence

Cons

pay promotions run by wall street so it is a bit of a grind process process process cost of solutions - we get our lunch eaten by other more nimble vendors

4.0
Oct 1, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Expectations are very clear and information about how the company is doing overall are always communicated by senior management on a regular basis. Compensation always seems very fair and you generally know exactly why the decisions regarding your compensation have been made.

Cons

Many of the software products developed by IBM are less than exciting. There are very few products that are truly cutting edge. For someone who wants to be working with the latest technologies I would recommend making sure that you will be working in an area that holds interest for you. In addition, different parts of the company tend to be very insulated. Moving from one area to another can be difficult mostly just because you don't really know what's happening in other teams (management has no problem with people moving around).

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