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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,290 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      77% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.4

      Senior management

      IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,290 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
      Oct 15, 2009

      Job Satisfaction Extremely Team Dependent

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Employees' experience within IBM varies greatly from team to team and finding the correct fit can be difficult but if/when you find the right the team it's a fantastic place to work.

      Cons

      A lot of projects at IBM are insanely boring. IBM is more than willing to pigeon hole individuals into positions that don't interest them.

      5.0
      Sep 29, 2009

      Enjoying my IBM career with a solid employee focused company

      Senior engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      I have enjoyed the past 35 years with IBM due to the nature of the work followed by the professional group of coworkers and a solid management team. The technology growth has been challanging and fun. The workload has been great but the team support has allowed us to meet very aggressive schedules. The sensitivity of the management team has provided me and my family with a balanced life. The benefits package is very good compared to our other competition. My plan is to retire at the end of 2009 with a very rewarding career and a good pension.

      Cons

      All major companies have areas that could be improved. I have found that the budgeting process for each department and division needs some improvement. Also at times the management team has a tendency to assign more people to do the same job. This could and is being addressed by eliminating redundency. There should also be more skip level meetings with the sr. management team to get a better understanding of the divisions business strategy. This would help the team work toward a common goal.

      4.0
      Sep 21, 2009

      Staff Software Engineer

      Staff software engineer
      Recommend
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      Business Outlook

      Pros

      My area in AIM (middleware) offers some Interesting work assignments and special projects. I also get to interact with higher bands than peers in the same job family and band.

      Cons

      Unfortunately, there are too many project managers which confuses issues and prevents superior development from occurring. However, releases are still high quality and always release on-time.

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