IBM Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Global scale. Innovation. Reach. Resources. Freedom. Invention. Options. Smart People. Great Leaders."

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

"You are expected to be bright and talented. Your passion for almost anything is important. To stand out you want to listen well and know your customers."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Sometimes the company strategy is more like a chess match and less like a lacrosse match. Moves can take years to play out - brilliant as they may be - it makes for a wanting crew."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Ensure the top performing people make the most money. Institutionalize innovation in every business unit, in every employee. Create a purpose for employees that goes beyond the formula driven business model."

"This is my first experience in such a high profile company so was great."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"The work environment, having cabin to myself which helped me focus more."

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

"Keep your basics clean like Data Structures and Algorithms and you would be good."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Having no one of my age around, which got sometimes boring."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To recruit new grads more so that they can come up with more innovative ideas."

"My experience at IBM has been very positive."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"The workplace is very flexible. I am challened with the work assignments given to me."

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

"Be honest and don't be afraid to highlight your skills and qualifications."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"I don't feel rewarded for my achievements. Similar positions at other companies provide higher salaries for similar jobs."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Look closely at market-pay if they want to retain talent."

"It was a fun ride for 23 years."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"They have the capital to do things. I would have never been able to do many of the things I did at a small company."

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

"No tips. The company is laying off in droves. Many good people are getting cut to off shore countries."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"The culture is dying. The executives are destroying the company by using layoffs to prop up the business."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't overlook the the human capital side of the business."

"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."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"The people and development are a plus. The training is also a major factor."

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

"Show you thirst for knowledge and willingness to take control of your responsibilities."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"The constant resource actions and lack of pay increases. US employees are targets."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Good people cannot easily be replaced. As seen by the number of major clients leaving, the next quarter should not be the focus for making decisions."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Team members are intelligent, hard-working and supportive. Customer is rigid, difficult and demanding. There is little room for creativity."

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

"Good place to rebuild a resume. Sometimes a good chance to hone a particular set of skills. Do not expect the institution to invest any time in training you on new skills or equipment."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"The track we are on is to send more and more services off shore, whether or not the offshore workers are prepared to handle it. The teams we have are made up of good, motivated people, but there is currently no investment in team member's skills other than to meet minimum contractual requirements. I my current role, I usually have enough control over what tasks I do when. However, there are times when the workload can mushroom into large amounts of overtime or long hours crammed into narrow windows. While there is more than enough work to be done, IBM manages costs by cutting contractor hours at the end of the quarter, whether or not deliverables will be met. And they do so while instructing the staff not to mention the restrictions to the client."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Spend less time sending work off shore. Concentrate on using the available talent better."

"Loved the job, was able to work on new hardware and software."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"I was the Sr. Lead, so I got to work on hardware and software. I did almost all automation, and was able to learn the technical aspects of components brought in for testing"

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

"Be patient, IBM India moves slower than IBM Global, take time to get to know the Indian culture, you will find it very informative and enlightening... and you will form very close relationships with coworkers"

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"I did not like the way the company waited for something to break, rather than address it proactively, also was not overly impressed when no root cause analysis was ever done on any problem."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Proactive policies and procedures, along with proactive monitoring, saves tons of time in the long run. Also do root cause analysis and provide permanent fixes to avoid repetitive fixes."

"Not great."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"It's a decent place to learn things after graduation and college."

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

"Learn everything about the company before you go to interview."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"The money they pay me is very poor compared to other jobs."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"That they are very very good and they are getting good business."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Flexibility, Good work environment and infrastructure, Very great market statistics."

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

"Great time. Good place to grow and set career path."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Nothing as such, feel like being in a position, Jack of all but master of none."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be a leader not boss. Be friendly and be a business man."

"A good solid place to work. Wish they cared about employees more."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"My peers. Helping people solve business problems. Using my experience and knowledge to generate revenue and reduce expense."

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

"Great place to learn a lot. Go for it. Just be yourself but make sure it is a fit for you. Not everyone can work and be successful here."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"The new normal of 24/7/365 expectations. I don't mind working hard, I just want that investment to be recognized, not just expected."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Go back to Respect for the Individual company standard. This firm has lost its way in terms of employee morale and happiness."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"I do like working in a confident and reliable team."

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

"My tip is to be yourself. You have to tell exactly what you know and do."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"There is nothing that I do not like working at company"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"My suggest for management is to listen to people and take care of them."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"The project assignments were of large companies which provided insight to other healthcare companies."

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

"They are very large company, and keep in mind their complex thinking."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Travel was a bit too much all over the USA."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire more project managers to help with the work flow."