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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,304 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      77% 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 107,304 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
      4.0
      Oct 24, 2009

      Still good place to work, but not your old IBM....

      Advisory software engineer
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flex hours, fairly good work/life balance opportunities, sick days are not taken from your vacation, not too political (at least in my group), decent benefits, good 401k matching

      Cons

      lowered vacation time for new employees (starts at 3 weeks and reaches 4 weeks max no matter how long you you work for IBM), no more pension or medical insurance after retirement (but nobody can afford that really anymore), some groups can be competitive and polictical rather than motivational.

      4.0
      Oct 23, 2009

      IBM has its issues, like any company, but has some good qualities, too.

      Digital design engineer
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      IBM is extremely progressive in work/life balance. You can work at home pretty much whenever you want/need to. The number of sick days is unlimited. There are no timesheets to fill out for most professional workers. Some employees work part time, and parental leave is up to 3 years (unpaid). There is paid parental leave: 6 weeks for new moms, and 2 weeks for new dads. Overall, coworkers are very helpful and willing to go out of their way to help you.

      Cons

      Long hours tend to be the norm at this company, and some people burn out. The downside to working at home is that sometimes you are expected to be constantly connected. There is a lot of schedule-driven quality (i.e. the schedule is king, and quality falls by the wayside). Worst of all, IBM has very strict transfer rules. You can only transfer to another department with your manager's approval, and sometimes they don't give it. I wanted to transfer from digital design to hardware simulation, and even though the new department knew me very well and wanted me, the process took over 1 year.

      4.0
      Oct 15, 2009

      Job Satisfaction Extremely Team Dependent

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Employees' experience within IBM varies greatly from team to team and finding the correct fit can be difficult but if/when you find the right the team it's a fantastic place to work.

      Cons

      A lot of projects at IBM are insanely boring. IBM is more than willing to pigeon hole individuals into positions that don't interest them.

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