IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,261 total reviews)
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77% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,261 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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5.0
Oct 23, 2011
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Pros

Good pay, no dress code (in the software lab), flexible hours, fun techie crowd to work with. I had a great time at IBM even though the job itself wasn't really my thing.

Cons

The culture didn't involve much going out after work, the managers were pretty distant from the employees under them there was no overtime for erratic working hours, and for a software lab it was surprising that there were still cubicle walls.

4.0
Oct 22, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

IBM has many opportunities for software engineers, ranging across a broad set of product teams within IBM's software group. There are many opportunities for growth, and innovation.

Cons

There is really no single valid opinion about working at IBM, since almost half a million employees world wide have different environments, managers, etc. Working with remote colleagues is mostly fine, but can sometimes be a challenge. In the wort cases, I have seen teams of 10 or 12 people, none of whom work in the same location. This can be challenging.

5.0
Oct 20, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Great people to work with Broad worldwide opportunity Currently IBM has superb long-term vision, investment, and is executing

Cons

Huge company, takes long time to do some things Many people may be quite slow to adopt new technologies and trends

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