IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,297 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 107,297 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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4.0
Sep 4, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Family type of environment, Great benefits, respect for individual, flexible on work/life balance, and sick time off. Diversity is emphasized.

Cons

Salary is not equalized quick enough to match peers salary or band level, can take several years if ever. The diversity push is holding back the careers and exposing to termination thoes in the majority. Performance should be the only deciding factor for career and layoffs.

4.0
Aug 20, 2008
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

The pride of working for Big Blue, recognition everywhere. It opens doors for me if I want to move on to something else. Great worklife balance and understanding managers. I am allowed freely take time off when I need to, no questions asked. I also get to work with some really brillant people (and of course, some pretty dim ones too) in the cutting edge of technology. There are also a lot of opportunities to move across jobs and functions, which is great because you get to try out different jobs without losing seniority. There is also a very good training structure where you can easily take courses you are interested in.

Cons

I did not like the huge bureacracy that came with a large company. Lots of red tape and also lots of politics. The waves of layoffs I experienced (even though I was not affected) was demoralising, but I guess it's the general economic situation at that time. And being large and old, there are a lot of deadwoods around, people that dont do much work but draw a high pay. Paywise, it was alright but not great. Bonuses were neglible.

5.0
Aug 20, 2008
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Large community of people and resources to work with. It's usually easy to find expertise. There are always opportunities to learn more and work with some of the best minds in the industry. Help customers see value in the payback they'll achieve by deploying solutions end-to-end across their enterprise to achieve a Service Oriented Architecture. Whether your in software, hardware or services -- whether you do sales, development, marketing, or product advocacy, IBM will challenge you to give your best and provide the best to companies across many geographies and industries. At IBM, you can build specialized or broad-based knowledge and experience.

Cons

Cuts in commission, especially for technical sales.

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