IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,297 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 107,297 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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4.0
Apr 30, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

IBM is a place to go to work with some bright people and gain a lot of experience. The offer decent pay and very good benefits. If you start your career at IBM, it will be recognized as good work wherever you go.

Cons

The worst part about IBM is the size of the company. There's a ton of bureaucracy and always a fresh excuse for why promotions or bonuses don't go as expected.

3.0
Apr 29, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

+ great technology + some amazingly good technical and sales professionals + interesting challenges + worldwide accounts + huge industry range + global company

Cons

I cannot speak for all of IBM. This accounts for my personal experience at IBM Dublin (Ballycoolin): - too hierarchical, i.e. too many layers of management - too metrics driven - lack of incentives for people to want to perform - too reactive = lack of proactive employee- and business-centric management - people are assigned job roles that are not in line with their qualifications, skill and personal career targets leading to increased fluctuation

4.0
Apr 20, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

- Flexible work environment from home, various location, various times - Great technical resources - Looks good on a resume - Decent pay and compensation

Cons

- Work environments radically different from division to division SWG = good, ITS/IGS = bad, IBM.com = terrible - Availability of training dependent on where you are GTA = good; anywhere else in Canada = Bad - Hard to get training in non-IBM products - Advancement slow - Constant outsourcing - Short sighted ROI in service delivery - Sales driven low regard for technical people

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