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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,132 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      76% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

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      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Senior management

      IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,132 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
      2.0
      Jun 19, 2008

      Good coworkers, bad upper management.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Flexible hours are good. Working from home allows this flexibility. The people that are left are good, but overworked due to outsourcing.

      Cons

      All technical jobs are headed to India. First they "leaned" 50% out, then outsourced the rest to other countries, that cannot complete the job satisfactorily, which leads to more work for the competent here. There no longer are company parties, where families are invited, limiting the "family" feeling you get when you are able to meet and learn others outside of work.

      4.0
      Jun 19, 2008

      Innovative market leader with many opportunities for talented staff.

      Senior engineering manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Extensive number of opportunities. Can change career direction without have to change company. Is a world leader in many areas. Always new products come through, research into new markets, etc. IBM rewards success, with rewards and bonuses very much skewed towards the top performers. If you are good - you can be very successful at IBM.

      Cons

      Bureaucracy can by trying. Expense controls seem ever more draconian. As a manager, I feel like I'm more of a process administrator, rather than a leader with true authority to make decisions. I am able to do far less now, than I could 10 years ago.

      2.0
      Jun 19, 2008

      Opportunities abound at start, but soon narrow.

      Project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great for software engineers and those with technical expertise. IBM offer a wide variety of platforms on which to work. Might be a great start for those looking to move on to other software companies.

      Cons

      You always here about some great new technology IBM is working on in the mainstream media. However, the chance to get involved in such technologies is very difficult. The organisation is overly bureaucratic with obvious conflict between different parts of the business, stifling the ability to produce some great work. Externally, IBM appear a very modern organisation in which to work. However, once inside, it's clear that IBM is very outdated in it's processes and over-zealous bureaucracy.

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