Working at IBM in Cambridge, MA: 12 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Cambridge, MA Area

"IBM is a great company to work for. It has very good tech knowledge and smart people."

"Nice work-life balance. Interesting work with your peers will be working on. People are always willing to talk about what they are doing. Genuinely friendly people all over!"

"I have been at IBM for 2 years. Everyone I've met so far has been extremely kind and good-natured, but not all of them were competent."

"Great company but continues to struggle with growth and that effects career development."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Assignments, compensation, management leadership. Opportunity to grow and have access to advanced technologies."

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

"When interviewing, show leadership qualifications, be strong and assertive and be able to work in a global environment."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Extensive travel leaving Monday and coming back Friday afternoon was the rule."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Nothing of major importance, the management team had your back."

"I was a summer intern."

"IBM is a good place to work and grow your skills."

"Great experience."

"IBM in MA is entering its Campus phase, so many will not follow from Cambridge to Littleton, MA."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Wonderful access to information. Bluewashing brings new employees up to speed quickly and efficiently. I completely enjoyed ArborText, creating online help, modifying the very heavy documents (how many thousand pages)."

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

"If approaching Littleton by 128, the traffic will be so bad AM and PM that you might not want to work there."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Taking 6 months for Politico/Executives to make decisions. With such a massive corporation, change is like watching mustard seeds grinding on huge stone wheels.Reorganizing the DataPower documents 2 or 3 times, adding to customer confusion as each new release comes out. I did not like the political infighting of tasks and task owners. I don't expect to go to work and hear bombs."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None, management was excellent. It's not easy to run a global company and I think all in all, IBM has a great template."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Always working in a challenging environment with new technologies."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Large company with too much management."

"Good place to work, but often felt like a small cog in a big wheel."

"IBM is a very nice company to work for. Because the company is so large, there is a multitude of opportunities for advancement, and they tend to promote from within."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"I came to IBM through their acquisition of Lotus Development Corp. They kept Lotus' key product offerings. The work was interesting and challenging."

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

"Find an employee in your network."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"It's been a few years since working there. I think my main reason for leaving is the commute to Cambridge, and IBM / Lotus was the company I began my career with and I wanted to check out some other companies and environments."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I can't think of any."