IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,304 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 107,304 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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107K reviews
3.0
Jan 22, 2010

An OK place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Flexibility to work at home - Lots of IBM software available to you for free - Decent 401k match

Cons

- Lots of jobs being outsourced - Frequent layoffs - Not a lot of opportunity to advance your career

4.0
Jan 15, 2010

Internal thoughts

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

IBM has what I would consider competative salary. There are always chanllenges, and employees are allowed to do what needs to be done. Usually upper management listens to the advice of those of us that know our jobs.

Cons

The chances of getting a different job/position or whatever for a US employee is virtually non-existant. Training has been cut back to almost nothing.

4.0
Dec 31, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, and lots of education possibilities. Also lots of smart people around to talk to and get help from.

Cons

Too much oversight by middle management. There were also updates and personal reviews that had to be submitted, but I always felt like I never received the amount of time in kind back from management. Salary increases are also very small, the only way to get a real increase in salary was to leave the company and then come back in a year, otherwise you are usually capped at single digits, most often less than 5%, even after super-billable years.

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