Working at IBM in San Jose, CA: 82 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in San Jose, CA Area

What do you like about working at IBM?

"There are many opportunities to transition to other job roles and other projects. They are also very committed to education and career growth."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"The pay scale is very poor."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management must increase pay and allow employees to enjoy a healthier work/life balance if your IBM is to retain top talent."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Growth potential."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Bureaucratic."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None, keep up the great work."

"Very good."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Advancement and growth."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"The layoff."

"An excellent place to work."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Very challenging."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Workload was sometimes too light."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep your workers busy."

"IBM was a good experience."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"The work culture."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Low payscale."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They should motivate the employees more."

"IBM is a good experience."

"IBM is a good company, however, like everywhere else, competitive forces are forcing cost cutting / sometimes unreasonably high accountability practices."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Good company, they try to find projects that add value to society, very smart and reasonable colleagues."

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

"This might be a good 2nd, 3rd, or greater company for a person to work at... might be hard for a fresh college graduate to be fully nuanced in the intricacies of established corporate culture like IBM."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"It was a good place overall."

"I really enjoyed my experience at IBM. I was disappointed when we moved."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"The people there were great. The environment was very positive making it a great place to work."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"There is nothing that I can think of that I did not like."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep treating employees like family. The helps keep employee morale at a high."

"Great start to my career; great company."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Everything."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"I was there when company went through lay-offs for the first time in their history while executing a plan to bridge more senior employees toward retirement. Although I was not affected, it was a major cultural shift for the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get back the long term loyalty. Recreate the culture where employees would want their own kids to work at IBM."

"I worked for Sequent before IBM acquired it. It WAS a good place to hang..."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"I enjoyed working for Sequent - I did not work for IBM."

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

"Consider something else."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"IBM brought in too much CORPORATE mentality."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Let the people develop."

"IBM is the best company I've worked in my life, I love it."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"The environment, the people, the company history, the hardware, the AIX, the challenges, the possibilities, the prestige."

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

"Be yourself , show what you have, be competitive, be humble, be open to suggestions, to new ideas, to change, and share your knowledge around, and create a great team environment , it will come back to you 10 fold of what you give."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"That little by little the company is only focusing only in business, and losing track of the great people, that once was the company number one priority."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I believe that the old style management was way more effective that the new one; go back to the original values, make the people commit to work for a great company, inspire young people, be more flexible with new age people's needs because times changes."

"Good company."

"Great company - slow mover."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"I had great management."

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

"Do not start out as a temp employee. Your chances of becoming a regular employee are slim."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"I was never brought on as a regular employee. I was a vendor the whole time I worked there."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Look for the talent you have and allow them to grow."

"A great place for a scientist/technologist."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Great colleagues. Challenging problems. Excellent management support to get the job done."

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

"Groom your technical skills carefully. Stay away from controversy."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Politics!!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop the in-fighting."