IBM Reviews

Former Employee – worked at IBM full-time for more than a year

Pros – Fast paced environment, varied projects, opportunity for growth and good benefits. Opportunities tg deliver high value projects for very prominent companies.

Cons – Requires significant travel and you can feel isolated and not part of a team.

Advice to Senior Management – Check in frequently with remote employees, make sure they feel part of the team

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at IBM

Pros – Leading technology
Good working environment
Good balance between work and life
Flexible working hours
Engineers are willing to help other people.

Cons – More than 50% employees are very old people.
There is a few openings for young people
Many unnecessary telephone conference

Advice to Senior Management – Increase more openings for young people

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at IBM

Pros – Adaptive environment; support for learning and research.

Cons – Career Planning not very effective.

Current Employee – been working at IBM full-time for more than a year

Pros – The company offers great career opportunities! Ideal place for the easy improvement of your language and technical skills. Great company values. Work-life balance is good!

Cons – After 2 years of experience I can't tell any big cons. I am very happy at the moment.
Or maybe this one: Cafeteria and travel compensation are not too much.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at IBM full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Big Blue Brand, Company invests in employees training, work/life balance etc

Cons – Matrix structure can be frustrating sometimes. New business model pushes wages down upto 40% compared to market value in some places, to compete more profitably with offshore in the services business. But then customers want low rates, so that drives wages. This problem however is not unique to IBM. All large services businesses such as Accenture and HP have this problem.

Advice to Senior Management – Great work at your level, keep the momentum going. While labor is plentiful. please remember good people are your most important assets.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at IBM full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Exciting work, great resources, and a company that is continuing to grow and innovate.

Cons – Complex organization, hard to get large teams to cooperate. You are just a number

Advice to Senior Management – Remember to treat people as people, not just a serial number.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at IBM part-time for more than a year

Pros – Education is open to everyone, you just have to be the one to plan it out and do it. No one will guide you as in smaller companies.

Cons – Mentors are hard to find. They are out there, but because the company runs on office politics, they are all busy finding their own future directions.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't forget employees in the minor countries. Their impressions count!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at IBM as an intern for more than a year

Pros – -Great environment
-Good pay
-Lots to learn
-Shared information

Cons – -Rigid structure
-Could be tedious to work there sometimes

Advice to Senior Management – Taking in more ideas and put into real action

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at IBM

Pros – Smart people, strong management, and a stable job. Pretty good compensation and work/life balance. Great for starting a family.

Cons – Antiquated business, people who only want to work from 9 until 5. No sense of urgency like there is at the hot Silicon Valley startups.

Advice to Senior Management – Create a more startup-like atmosphere, encourage employees to take more risks. But otherwise, the company is pretty great to work for!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at IBM

Pros – Self management, flexible hours of work

Cons – company shrunk significantly and no longer employs in my speciality

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend