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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,281 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      77% 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 107,281 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
      5.0
      Jul 14, 2008

      Good place to work if you want a stable environment

      Advisory software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Room for advancement, stable company with global opportunities. Management has gone through alot of trouble to make sure the HR infrastructure is tailored to helping employees develop their careers. IBM has alot of talented employees that are easy to reach out to and get help.

      Cons

      Bureaucracy is almost engrained in IBM's corporate culture. IBM is slow to react to changes in the industry. There are so many parts of IBM that sometimes act independently, or even worse, to each other's detriment. There is much confusion inside of IBM as to where the boundaries are between groups.

      5.0
      Jun 27, 2008

      Not a bad place to be

      Business development manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The overall product line is second to none - overall. Easy to get an appointment and to have the customer to listen to you. You have the ability to sell all products as a generalist or specific products as a specialists. Specialization can be in hardware (Servers, storage, etc.) and in software (middleware, such as data management and business intelligence, web servers, application development, systems management and security) and services (IT services that are hardware or software centric; or business servcies, such as consulting, systems integration, application management, systems outsourcing, business process transformation or business process outsourcing). There are other more detailed specializations.

      Cons

      Pay is not as good as it is with competing firms.

      5.0
      Jun 26, 2008

      Great company to work and develop your skills in

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great opportunity to learn and pursue skill development(incl. well established educational and e-learning oportunities); Global company(with many locations all over); Good awareness of virtual teams, cross-division and cross-culture collaboration. As a global company that sells all over and is not only focuses on a single market/region, great potential to do fine over time and not be dependent on the economy ups and downs in a single region. There are various innovative venues for employees to show their ideas and collaborate with others- incl. Blue Opportunity and BizTeck projects which enable you to take some of your weekly time and work on a cool project with a team other than your regular job' team.

      Cons

      Too big of a company to get noticed or to find who works on what and who to talk to.

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