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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,291 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 107,291 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 Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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      107K reviews
      4.0
      Dec 6, 2008

      Great place to learn and than ... to leave

      Sales manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Respected company with high level of innovaiton. A lot of opportunities to improve skills and knowledge: there is also the possibility to change business units varying from application/consulting services to infrastructure services as well as to transactional sales such as hardware and software. Very structured and well defined HR processes, aligned with top experiences on the market. The strongest aspect is the possibility to leverage on a large IT professional community around the world to solve your own problem, sharing experiences and have new ideas. The IT infrastructure supports the information sharing the connection among employees. Good work&life balance with possibity to work remotely form home.

      Cons

      Burocratic and no possibilities to growth quickly in your career even is you are an high performer, working 12 hours per day. Years have to run ... and there is not a direct correlation between outcomes and career progression and salary. Sometime there is the perception to not have a clear direction to follow in strategy definition.

      4.0
      Dec 6, 2008

      Smart people work here

      Client manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I am surrounded by smart people who are competent and focused.

      Cons

      This is an enormous company with many, many layers and internal navigation is difficult.

      3.0
      Dec 5, 2008

      IBM mixed: consider per business: market growth, reputation in that market, and employee opinions from that area.

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      If you find a position right for you on a team that is in one of IBM's core businesses, you'll probably be happy. There are lots of good people in "Big Blue," some of which are extremely well connected in global terms, opening doors to potential opportunities. Strong work and leadership are likely to be recognized and leveraged and, in time, rewarded. Size and stability can raise security, which is especially useful for people with families or other long term responsibilities. There are a broad range of businesses and roles, lateral moves into areas of preference or growth are quite possible.

      Cons

      The company is a behemoth, and with large scale comes processes and cold impersonality - its unavoidable. The company had laudable policies re "people first" and compensation, much of that has gone away. If you're outside the mainstream business, you'll likely be struggling for resources and the attention of policy makers. Much of the internal technology si not competitive with what we find on the internet, and this is an unfortunate burden for the company. Opportunities are subject to the usual competition, do not go to IBM expecting to be a software architect without proving yourself for a decade or more of dues against a bunch of talented others.

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