IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,291 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 107,291 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
2.0
Oct 21, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent place to develop skills. Good internal training programs. Reasonable work/life balance. Great place for a first or second job to develop skills and training, before obtaining competitive compensation elsewhere.

Cons

Uncompetitive salary. Poor raises and bonuses even for top performers. Lack of career advancement opportunity, promotions extraordinarily difficult to come by, even for top performers. Middle management has significantly lack of vision. Employees are treated (and referred to as:) interchangeable "resources" rather than individuals. Many employees are average at best..80/20 rule applies

4.0
Oct 21, 2008
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Well diversified company with many opportunities for advancement and leadership. Management does a good job articulating your place in the company and how you can personally help achieve the organization's goals. IBM also has a flexible work/life balance and work from home program, but be careful as with some managers, "out of sight; out of mind".

Cons

Many times you will find yourself spending unnecessary time working through "red tape" in order to get things done, which can mean many late nights in the office or working multiple weekends.

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