IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,125 total reviews)
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76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,125 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 IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Jul 15, 2016

Going down the hill

Anonymous employee
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Pros

worklife balance, teleworking, salary is just average. Not sure if this is really a pro, but lots of people get away with doing nothing at all. Obviuosly, this is not a pro if you're one of the silly ones who end up doing their job in addition to your own.

Cons

IBM is aggressively laying off all around the world, even products which are very profitable. Their way of brining up the value of shares is just to cut off costs by reducing employees. In Italy, they're currently selling out the Workload Scheduler, a product which earns 170 million dollars while costing only 10. The whole of the Rome software lab, once a major development and innovation center is now at risk. Kind of makes you wonder why should bend over backwards to meet their demands when you're just a number to them...Depressing and disheartening...

3.0
Apr 24, 2015

Associate PArtner

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Pros

Very dynamic place with a flexible workplace environment. Is a big company and you can change a lot of different jobs even if you are always in the same company.

Cons

Very burocratic in the day-by-day processes (you still need to use tape to put the receipts on a bigger paper sheet!) and internally is not the best of breed. Managers are not accountable for their decisions but they have only to execute. If numbers and budgets are not reached none learn from insuccess the only action is to get rid of some people to reduce costs.

3.0
Sep 3, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

People attitude is one of the best ever met. Everyone is keen on teaching and helping. I have had great managers who demonstrated to care about you as an individual. Secure job: difficult to get fired .

Cons

Lack of mobility within different company functions. So that if you want to have a career within IBM, you need to enter and remain in HQ. Consultants rarely have a salient role in company strategy. Salaries and salaries increase are very low and few.

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