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Working at IBM in Atlanta, GA: 63 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Atlanta, GA Area

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Company Culture
3.9
Growth Opportunities
3.6
People You Work With
4.4
Person You Work For
4.2
Rewards You Receive
3.8
Support You Get
4.0
Way You Work
4.1
Work Setting
4.0
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"Good company to work with, very competitive work environment. Best people in the industry to work with."
Posted 10 years ago

Working at IBM in Atlanta, GA: 63 Employee Reviews

Advisory Software Engineer

What do you like about working at IBM?

"I enjoy the projects, they keep one interested and focused. We've also managed to hire good people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be on top of your game, study if you have too. Interviews can be tough, especially in my department."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Policy, procedure, Big company feel; things sometimes move slowly and you sometimes don't know where to go to get corporate answers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I don't know what I would do different, things seem to be running well."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Associate Partner

"Amazing capabilities, opportunities, and bureaucracy,"

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Corporate and social responsibility, variety of projects, personal growth opportunities."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Crisp articulation of your capabilities, ability to role play well."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Bureaucracy, ability to avoid paying out bonuses despite high ratings."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Lower overhead costs to remain competitive, improve margins, new markets."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Project Executive

"Allowed me to expand on my IT Background, while learning new technologies."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"The strength of their processes was especially interesting to me."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be professional, well dressed, attentive to detail, and above all, customer focused."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"It is a very large company and sometimes people can get lost in the shuffle."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Allow employees the freedom to be more proactive in performing their duties."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Software Sales Specialist

"I have been with IBM for 6 years doing Software Sales for Mainframe customers."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Very supportive in answering questions."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be aggressive individually but supportive to co-workers. Have knowledge of the company before interviewing."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"It is very competitive for advancements because of large corporation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management needs to work on being less micromanaging. People like space."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Information Specialist

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Always keep an open mind and think out of the box."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Answering so many incoming calls (over 300 per day) became very uninspiring."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Try not to micro manage so much, and allow people to get their work done."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Senior Contract Analyst

What do you like about working at IBM?

"The company is the leader in information technology and at the time was very customer focused."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be willing to learn and grow as well as always keep an open mind to new ideas."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"The pay I received and lack of recognition were negatives at the time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Compensate and award your team when they over achieve and go above and beyond to support the customers."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Development Analyst

What do you like about working at IBM?

"I had a chance to grow my IT skills and work in a fast paced environment."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be willing to conform and fit the mold and don't allow restrictions to influence your work."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"At times I was creatively stifled and didn't have the freedom needed to be my best."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"My main suggestion would be to allow your professionals to do their job without limiting their creative abilities."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
IT Specialist
Person You Work For 3.9 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3.5 / 5
Support You Get 4.5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Software Engineer
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3.8 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Technical Support Representative

"I gained valuable experience there."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3.1 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2.1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Equipment Services Project Manager
Person You Work For 4.9 / 5 People You Work With 4.8 / 5 Work Setting 4.8 / 5
Support You Get 4.8 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2.1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.1 / 5
Company Culture 3.1 / 5 Way You Work 4.8 / 5
Manager
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior Account Manager
Person You Work For 4.1 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Technical Support Representative

"It was a very good place to work."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Customer Support Representative

"The best job ever!"

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Everything, advancement, the people, and opportunities to better your position."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Open your mind to gain knowledge and you will go far."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"They let me go."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"You did an excellent job, keep it up."

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