IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,148 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 107,148 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 Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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107K reviews
3.0
Oct 5, 2013

Don't be a contractor

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

No pros for contractors! Don't accept to be hired as a contractor, you are ignored by the company structure

Cons

No mobility, salary under average, no negotiation, if you want grow(as contract is impossible),you need to get out and try again in 6 months. Impossible targets, subjective evaluations...

3.0
Aug 29, 2013

A good start, but not a place to stay forever

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a nice company to start your career, it has a wide range of positions and departments. And you get to overlook the whole IT market from an interesting perspective. There's always some research going around. The collaboration tools work most of the time, and the people are nice.

Cons

You wonder how can some critical business things be done manually or in an excel sheet in an technology company. Depending on the department you are, even if you do well on performance evaluations, you're still stuck on your career with nowhere to go and no raise in salary. First line managers are mostly unprepared for the position they're in. Salaries are way below market and benefits like home office, is arbitrary on some departments.

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