IBM reviews

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

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 Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0
Jan 2, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It is a Global Company, recognised and respected throughout United States of America and globally. IBM has been in business for a very long time and has several Innovation and research on the pipeline. It is a one of the largest service and technology company. It also exposes to several different sector's, naming a few would be Finance, Automobile, Healthcare, Insurance, Pharma and Biotech.

Cons

It is very large and growth has been slow for the united states employees, cut back all the time and it is a survival game. It would help to keep jobs on shore since the customer and business presence is in the United States.

3.0
Jan 2, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The work is very interesting. There is a lot of variety in what one can work on and can learn.

Cons

There is a lot of churn in the products supported. It is unclear what our direction is. It is unclear where we will be in a few years. Is this a sustainable area? There is a long rich history for many of the product lines, but it sure seems like odd management decisions will prevent future growth. The people are smart and talented. We just need more 'vision' and commitment from upper management. This is still a profitable area, and yet we don't really get treated as an area of value.

4.0
Jan 1, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you want to the chances to spread your wings are there but they won't coming running to find you. The PBC system of appraisal, although sometimes criticized does provide a basis for you and your manager to make sure you have something to guide you throughout the year, most other companies have very little in this form. If you have the time and the energy there is always plenty going on that you can take part in outside your normal role. Be that in the formal programs through mentoring students or getting involved in innovative events like HackDay you can easily gain experience in other areas that can be used to progress you through the business.

Cons

Sometimes it can be hard to find the person you need to talk to and it is easy to get caught up in some of the more complex processes that seem to be created. And to that although the business wants to go in one direction and work more collaboratively the processes and sales systems sometimes work against this, everyone knows that but doesn't seem like something easy to change.

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