IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,115 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,115 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
Apr 30, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Incredible breadth and depth of resources that can be leveraged to have an inpact. Opportunity to have a multiple careers within one company, and to advance within a career. IBM does treat people fairly, however most of the management could be more open.

Cons

Lack of help given to new people joining the company, especially in sales. It is hard to get to know how to leverage the increible resources that are available. IBM does not have a committement to keeping people,even good performers. IBM makes very strange decisions on the people they choose to promote to director. Many seem to have very little busienss sense.

5.0
Feb 27, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent learning opportunities and very supportive culture. This company does a very good job of capturing knowledge and promoting continuous education. Time and learning materials are provided to employees and you are given the freedom to direct your learning activities as you desire to reach your personal career goals. If you like travel, learning and people then you will like this job

Cons

bureaucratic advancement scheme and occasionally a lack of challenging work. It can be difficult when you come off of a high paced project and don't immediately have a new project to begin. This, however provides a good opportunity to support knowledge sharing and take some courses.

4.0
Feb 13, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

IBM is a large company with vast amounts of talent. You can learn a lot and have lots of room to grow.

Cons

The company is so large that there can be huge differences in employee satisfaction based largely on the first line managers. I have seen comparable employees with large differences in perceived value and salaries.

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