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4.0
Average Rating
(based on 1593 IBM Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

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 11 years ago
Software Developer

What do you like about working at IBM?

"A good company with great benefits and a great reputation."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"The company is management heavy and stifles productivity and creativity."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Revamp the PBC process to be more fair to employees."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Oracle DBA

"Cutting edge technology and best experts."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Cutting edge technology and best experts. I totally enjoyed implementing their solutions."

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

"It is a great company to work for. I heard from some that wages are low, but to my point of view it depends on your skills."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"The standards and procedures are respected completely and it is great. I do not see what not to like."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I really see too many things to change. I would probably arrange more frequent meetings to update the standards."

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
IBM Employee
Work Setting 3 / 5 Company Culture 3 / 5
IBM Employee

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Challenges that I get every day from the technology that I work for."

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

"Per my knowledge, stick to your basics what you want to achieve in your life."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Politics, misbehavior with colleagues, partiality, less importance to the coworker."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"See all people in the same way and appreciate them whenever it is required."

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

"A great company to work for when with IBM."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"The freedom to be myself and in decision making and a leader."

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

"Be yourself and talk about your experience and your value added."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Nothing to speak of, being a big corporation things were driven from the top."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to the worker bees for suggestion for improvement, for work related issues."

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
Desktop Support Technician

What do you like about working at IBM?

"I enjoyed learning new software and supporting software that I helped to develop."

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

"When interviewing make sure to answer the questions with as much detail that you can provide."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"I had issues with my management team and I normally get along with anyone."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I advise management to be more friendly and understanding of their employee needs."

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

What do you like about working at IBM?

"The training program they offer, the work environment and colleagues."

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

"Focus on enhancing your skills and your eagerness to work with the company."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"The career growth is too slow and salary increase is minimal compared to the type of work assignment."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To promote work life balance, more career enhancement as the work load progresses."

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

What do you like about working at IBM?

"The work culture overall and the pool of technology."

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

"Be natural and confident while taking an interview, and communicate your aspirations clearly."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"The compensation paid to old employees is not as per market standards."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good work and value the resources more."

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 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Software Development Manager

"Satisfying - learnt a lot, opportunity to learn technology as well as business."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Working with smart people, exciting technologies/models and learn/share best practices."

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

"It's a great company to work for and opportunity to work on various successful products/solutions."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Future growth seems to be limited because of some recent strategy change."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"In IT industry, people/skills is the real asset, ensure they are comfortable and growing."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 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 5 / 5
Senior IT Specialist

"I have always enjoyed working for IBM."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Working with many different customers has been a great learning experience."

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

"To work for IBM you need to be willing to travel."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Having to travel 4 to 5 days a week, and weekend work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"There needs to be more balance between work life and home life."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Quality Assurance Specialist

What do you like about working at IBM?

"I liked working with great colleagues, and the travel was interesting, flying into different areas of the country."

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

"In today's environment of IBM, I would advise a new employee to train with IBM, get the valuable knowledge, then get out before you get into a rut. Or interview for a sales position, those in sales are treated like royalty."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"The management absolutely sucked! Most managers were incompetent technicians that were connected to an executive in the company. IBM continues to promote the incompetents instead of just firing them."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would support my employees clearing obstacles and giving them credit rather than taking credit."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
Director of Sales
Person You Work For 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5 Company Culture 2 / 5
Computer Systems Analyst

What do you like about working at IBM?

"I work from home, have flexible time, access to LAB for testing and training and great co-workers."

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

"Know what you will be interviewed on very well."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"In the past 5 years, I never got any advancement or raise - just a salary reduction."

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

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Great fun place to work, co workers were great and fun people."

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

"Get focused on the job role and one should be fine for interviewing."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Too process based. sometimes the process is too cumbersome to follow."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Needs a little clearer vision. It helps every body in the organization to get motivated."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Accounts Receivable Administrator

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Was given the opportunity to learn new and old products that were available to our customers. And peers that were a great team."

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

"The customers' needs will always need to remain a top priority."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"There was nothing negative about working for IBM as an accounts receivable administrator."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The first line managers were responsible for many employees in many locations. Additional managers in each location would have improved personnel management."

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 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

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Is IBM a good company to work for?

IBM has an overall rating of 4.0 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 1593 IBM Review Ratings left anonymously by IBM employees, which is 3% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 95% of employees would recommend working at IBM.

Does IBM pay their employees well?

IBM employees earn $77,000 annually on average, or $37 per hour, which is 17% higher than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 674 IBM employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find IBM Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at IBM?

95% of employees would recommend working at IBM with the overall rating of 4.0 out of 5. Employees also rated IBM 3.9 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.8 for Rewards You Receive, 3.6 for Growth Opportunities and 4.0 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at IBM?

According to our data, the highest paying job at IBM is a Chief Scientist at $300,000 annually. Browse IBM Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at IBM?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at IBM is a Phone Agent at $14,000 annually. Browse IBM Salaries by Job Profile.

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