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      3.9

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (107,191 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      76% 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 107,191 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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      107K reviews
      4.0
      Jul 21, 2008

      Great place to work if you can handle bureaucracy

      Product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Endless career options throughout the company, different locations, lots of opportunity to work from home, Work life balance is promoted and you can usually have management support to adjust schedule when necessary. Great education possibilities, IBM payed for my MBA. Some benefits are industry leading and the company attempts to keep up with the market.

      Cons

      Cheap vacation allowances - 10 years to get 4 weeks is absolutely ridiculous Your manager can make or break your job satisfaction, they have too much control over what you can and can't do human resources policy wise. Managers don't adhere to policies or don't support them and you don't get to take advantage of the great programs IBM has. Poor first line managers

      4.0
      Jul 21, 2008

      Working for IBM Australia

      Advisory it specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Job Flexibility, Work from Home, Variety of work

      Cons

      Pegged into your role. Limited ability to move into other technical roles within the organisation.

      4.0
      Jul 20, 2008

      You Sow What Your Reap...But It Does Depend On Which Division You're In

      It architect
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Many employees are allowed to work from home, and even have very flexible work hours. I've never felt micro-managed and can do things as I choose. As a top performer, I've always been treated very well and have been given great opportunities. I've gone to special leadership-training courses and have been supported in many of the initiatives I've started. As such a large corporation, I've been able to work on some of the biggest issues facing IT. Life outside the services organization is generally very positive right now.

      Cons

      It's huge. The bureaucracy is pretty pitiful at times. In the services industry, since there is such pressure of lowering costs, there is no room for pay raises, bonuses, or even the necessities of the business, such as good hardware. We have to get approval for every little expense. The senior leadership in service delivery (outsourcing) cares very little about "leadership" and entirely "management", so communication in that division is very poor. I could not in good faith recommend someone join IBM in the service-delivery organizations right now. There's alot of challenges in that area, and a dearth of leadership. However, in other divisions, it can be an entirely different experience, and the company as a whole is performing very well. The pay scale can be all over the map, depending on which division you are in. I don't feel like the salary and benefits in service delivery match what I could get elsewhere in the industry as a top performer.

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