IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,128 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,128 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
1.0
Jun 9, 2026

Run!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Maybe 401K matching that was later changed.

Cons

Too many cons that mirror what other reviewers have stated here.

3.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Above average job security Really good training budgets AWS partnerships Okay expense policy

Cons

Tricky promotion criteria needs to be met for successful promo Senior management are not the best Mainly public sector projects which are very boring to work on, usually have been worked on by other consultancies for many years with old tech stacks and crazy bugs that they did not solve Average pay - not the best

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