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Engineers at IBM give their company a 3.8 out of 5.0, while the average rating for IBM is 4.0, making them 5% less happy than every other employee at IBM and 8% happier than every other Engineer on CareerBliss - the happiest Engineers work for Motorola Solutions.

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3.8
Average Rating
(based on 5 Engineer Review Ratings)
Engineer
in Boulder, CO

"Sys Admin at IBM Global Consulting Services."

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

Average Engineer Ratings in the Past 4 Years

Year Salary
2011 $3
2012 $4
2014 $3
Engineer
in Durham, NC

"Great name to have on the resume for the first 5 years of my career."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Surrounded by innovative people. Get to see cutting edge technologies."

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

"Get everything in writing. They are known for changing their minds if you don't lock them down on their promises."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Constantly challenged to meet deadlines. Short term project focus can be difficult to achieve unrealistic deadlines."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on more long term projects that will be disruptively innovative to the industry as a whole and further set apart IBM, not just incremental innovations."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Engineer
in Los Angeles, CA
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3.8 / 5 Work Setting 3.8 / 5
Support You Get 3.1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.8 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.4 / 5
Company Culture 4.6 / 5 Way You Work 3.4 / 5

Average IBM Attributes by Engineer

Company Culture
3.9
Growth Opportunities
3.6
People You Work With
3.9
Person You Work For
4
Rewards You Receive
3.2
Support You Get
3.4
Way You Work
3.9
Work Setting
3.6
Engineer
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3.6 / 5 Work Setting 3.1 / 5
Support You Get 3.4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.9 / 5
Company Culture 4.1 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Engineer

"Great company, but limited pay for the hours that had to be completed. But great career experience."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Experience and training. The sky was the limit, no cap on training or travel for ongoing learning."

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

"It's a great company to start out at, especially if you're into learning new things."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"I wasn't a fan of getting scheduled 70 hours per week, with no overtime or higher bonuses."

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