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Virginia Rometty
7 Ratings
Pros
Great company with good work life balance (in 3880 reviews)
Work from home is the best facility (in 3594 reviews)
Cons
Bad work life balance in the company (in 983 reviews)
In this competitive atmosphere, you must often work long hours (in 465 reviews)
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"Excellent Place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at IBM (More than 3 years)
Pros
Flexible in timing and WFH
Cons
No Cons as for as I know
IBM 2016-10-09 17:19 PDT![IBM Logo]()
"Accounting"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at IBM full-time (More than a year)
Pros
There are none at all
Cons
They are too numerous to list
Advice to Management
Change
IBM 2017-07-27 20:03 PDT![IBM Logo]()
"don't recommend working here if you are 45 or older"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOPros
The good thing about being in technical sales at IBM is that everyone knows who IBM is so it sells itself.
Cons
The bad thing about IBM is that they are continuously getting rid of older employees. Last year everyone over 50 was let go off my team.
Advice to Management
Writing advice here is useless because one of Ginni's goals is to have a younger hipper work force and to lay off the older work force.
IBM 2017-01-16 08:04 PSTHelpful (1)
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"IT Specialist"
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I have been working at IBM full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Do not have any specific PROs to list.
Cons
career planning is the responsibility of the employee. no management/employee joint session planning is done to develop options for the employee.
IBM 2016-12-11 17:24 PST![IBM Logo]()
"Package Solution Consultant"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at IBM (More than a year)
Pros
Flexible timings
Good Culture
Work from home facilityCons
Least Salary
No free coffee
All control in hands of managersIBM 2016-09-19 21:15 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Sr. IT Specialist, GBS, Enterprise Applications"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOPros
You will meet amazing people from all over the world. If you love being a road warrior, this is the organization for you. Airfare is always economy, car rentals are always Hertz, lots of hotel options are negotiated rates. Loads of IBM-related discounts. MacBooks are now being issued to consultants, for those who prefer Apple to Lenova. Many, many, many well-defined business processes and supporting IT systems.
Cons
Must meet billing targets to remain employed. 44 hrs/week is typical, although everyone actually puts in closer to 60 hrs/week of effort. Seriously - you may be a rockstar in all ways measureable, but if you miss your billing utilization target, expect a negative review. Must be willing to use Lotus Notes. Got kids? You might want to wait until they're in college before joining Big Blue, assuming you actually want to particpate in their childhood...
Advice to Management
The "up or out" mentality that prevades the endless layers of management has cost IBM many extraordinary IT professionals.
IBM 2016-09-06 22:29 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Senior Manager"
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I have been working at IBM full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
IBM has great work ethic culture with best folks in the market to work with and they love to learn and share their knowledge.
Cons
It is so big that it loose touch with the employees and one can feel like left behind even when you are one of the best performer.
Advice to Management
To many bosses.
IBM 2016-05-03 11:22 PDT![IBM Logo]()
"It adds value to your resume."
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at IBM full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Team is always well qualified. Clients respect IBM unlike some other indian counterparts.
Cons
AMS unit pay is little less and had to work with lot of offshore people and calls.
Advice to Management
Normalization of salaries is needed. The same role in different cities and recruits can vary as long as 20 k just at senior consultant level.
IBM 2016-01-12 12:35 PSTHelpful (2)
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"Junior IT Specialist"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at IBM (More than a year)
Pros
Good people to work with, great working atmosphere, nice starting job for experience.
Cons
Company lies regarding career development and salary growth. Let me warn you, once you enter with your base salary it will NEVER EVER change. They will tell you any excuse (freeze, low profit, etc) and in the meantime they will suck all your experience and skills.
My advise, if you are an average joe, fresher. Join to learn some minor experience and leave after 1 year.
If instead you are a senior, ask for high expectations as they will never change that later, if they refuse it is because they were already lying at you and are trying to scam seniors for low budget for low position works.Advice to Management
Stop giving false promises (regarding career growth) when later you simply jump out to other departments. Anyway, I know you won't do it because you are instructed to lie as to keep your employees.
IBM 2015-10-07 01:14 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Datacenter and Cloud Specialist"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at IBM full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Great brand name. Nothing works better than to have a brand name that everyone knows and a reputation of finishing the work regardless of the price even if they loose money.
Cons
1st line managers only last about a year so you get a new boss every year. I had 8 in 7 years. One boss had me as an employee and we never met each other. You get the feeling that your not part of a family you are only a number. They will never pay for training to keep you qualified for your job.
Advice to Management
Employees are people too. All people desire to feel needed and important at their job. IBM is too focused on Wall Street and manages a 9 month sales cycle weekly. Do you really expect something to change every week?
IBM 2015-06-25 09:15 PDT
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Jan 4, 2017 – Program Consultant - IBMer Engagement
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