IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,123 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 107,123 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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107K reviews
4.0
Jun 10, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not micromanaged, easy to grow through business acumen and networking

Cons

Management is not the smartest, there are corrupted individuals in leadership, it ruins the experience for the people who just want to have a healthy work-life balance.

3.0
Jun 10, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Minimal travel and decent work life balance for consulting. Basically entirely remote for the last 6 years other than a handful of client facing travel weeks per year. Decent benefits.

Cons

Heavy heavy offshore delivery. Old school partners from PWC run the consulting org. You'll run into a rotten one here and there. Very difficult to get promoted - laundry list of extracurriculars grows every 6 months. Raises capped at 1-3% per year. Bonus limited to either 3.4% or 6.8% of your salary for Senior Manager and below. 6.8% only awarded to top performers. Senior leadership only wants to please the stock market and are stingy with compensation.

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