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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,191 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      76% 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 107,191 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 17, 2008

      He embodies the characteristics I want in a CEO: strong ethics, integrity, and focus to win.

      Certified i/t specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      work life balance is excellent. I can take time off whenever I need and get good recognition. It has very entrepreneurial spirit so I can make solutions and am very free to pursue activities I think will help generate the most revenue. Management in my case is very hands off and allows me to do what I want.

      Cons

      lack of support from senior management to do my job. No access to hardware resources. I'm always scrounging to get resources to do my job. There is no good direction, but this can be a good thing because I'm free to make my own decisions.

      1.0
      Jun 17, 2008

      Only stay cause I work from home. Anyone else offers that and I am gone like a flash!

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work at home. Flexible workplace and average pay. We used to have the best training but no more.

      Cons

      Too many to list but here are my top 10 1. Way too much red tape and unecessary daily report building. It is like living in a Dilbert cartoon everyday. 2. Leadership and innovation is punished NOT rewarded. 3. Absolutely no fairness in raises or promotions. Advancement by pure kiss-ass. 4. Very little substance at the executive leadership level. 5. No respect for senior experience level employees and way too much focus on babies right out of MBA School. 6. Did I say poor executive management? 7. Layoffs of lower level people first and zero executives get fired. 8. Almost every senior executive that leaves IBM fails miserably in the real world. Do you see a trend here? Exception being John W. Thompson at Symantec. Maybe John should be running IBM right now! 9. Across IBM there is NO respect for the average employee and very little recognition. 10. Nepotism is rampant. Many executives get their families jobs and their buddies make sure that they get "choice" positions and promotions. Over-promotion and hiring of legacy employees is killing IBM. We are NOT a family owned business nor should we be.

      2.0
      Jun 17, 2008

      The pluses and the Minuses

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The flexibility of the company along with the ability to earn bonuses via patents.

      Cons

      Cash compensation (I work for less then when I started counting inflation), reduced headcount, no job security

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