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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,239 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      76% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

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      IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,239 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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      3.0
      Aug 1, 2008

      Wear the Blue Suit

      Managing consultant
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      Pros

      IBM really provides it all. If you want to work in a certain area of IT, the company does provide support tools to achieve those goals. Also, if you are an experienced project manager, you will have the opportunity to manage very large, complex installations within a few short years. The culture of IBM differs from Deloitte and Accenture in that it has a much more rigid hierarchy and is truly a corporate environment. The blue suit rule still stands.

      Cons

      IBM is really a mature organization, therefore, newly hired college graduates are expected to act within their roles and not make waves. Innovation that matters is true, but only if there has been a thorough business case brought to bear.

      3.0
      Jul 30, 2008

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

      Process engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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.

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