IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,301 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 107,301 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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4.0
Jan 14, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Great team! Marvelous technology! Exceptional reputation! Superior work environment! Opportunities to have hands on on expensive enterprise level systems. Freedom of choice how to implement. To deal with top IT corporate clients in Estonia. Great opportunities to enhance your professional knowledge, just be the man/woman to use it! The best balance between office hours, "on field time" and personal time.

Cons

No career advancement opportunities inside local organization. Some very strict regulations or in house policies. Only very limited selected models to choose from as corporate work accessories (like mobile phones, car models and laptops). Sometimes you must yell it quite loud to get some personal notice.

4.0
Jan 5, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

big name, lots of opportunities,they make the best PCs on the planet, the Operating Systems have never been outperformed, they will always produce exceptional hardware, a retirement program that is the envy of the world, the company country club is superb, the mainframe business is still going strong, DB2 rocks!, Lotus Notes continues to destroy the poseur Exchange system for kids,

Cons

big company bureaucracy, some politics as expected in such large company, careful - don't get caught in the wake of that wave coming your way...you can make more but only when you leave the company, so don't plan on getting comfortable there

4.0
Jan 5, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Compared to other tech companies ibm is relatively stable and the chances of getting laid of are smaller. ibm is fairly flexible about work hours and working from home, however this depends a lot on your manager. Benefits are ok. In general if you work hard, you will be rewarded. smart engineers. stock is still doing good considering the tough econmic times

Cons

lots of work, long hours

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