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    IBM New York Reviews

    Updated May 22, 2018
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    New York, NY
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    IBM CEO Virginia Rometty
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    475 Ratings

    937 Employee Reviews

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    • Bad work life balance in the company (in 993 reviews)

    • In this competitive atmosphere, you must often work long hours (in 467 reviews)

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    1. "Amazing opportunities and experience"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Consultant in New York, NY
      Current Employee - Consultant in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at IBM full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      IBM's brand recognition allows us to work with major clients and partners to solve complex issues in the industry. IBM offers a lot of opportunities for career and personal development. I was part of IBM's Corporate Service Corps program where I spent 1 month in Eastern Europe working on social and environmental projects with a direct impact on the community.

      Cons

      Since IBM is a very large company, it is hard to navigate at times.

    2. "Associate Partner"

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      Former Employee - Associate Partner in New York, NY
      Former Employee - Associate Partner in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at IBM full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great people, good teamwork, good industry penetration

      Cons

      Too much bureaucracy; arcane rules; disconnected executive management

      Advice to Management

      Open your eyes to the reality of your employees

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    3. "Working with clients to drive value in their use of the Watson & Cloud Platform"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Client Success Manager in New York, NY
      Current Employee - Client Success Manager in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at IBM full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Competitive pay and great benefits, smart and hard-working people, great technology and heavy focus on artificial intelligence, great office environment, ability to work remotely

      Cons

      IBM can sometimes be too big. Often times bouncing around between different teams to find the right person to help handle a situation. Long processes to get administrative work done. Can get a bit political at times.

      Advice to Management

      Simplify processes and become more agile. Reallocate resources to the areas that need help and focus.

    4. "What should be the right sequence of priorities?"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in New York, NY
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at IBM full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Pride - we create and apply technologies to make the business world work better. Value - employees share strong culture and value, comraderies high in team

      Cons

      Constant pressure to drive bottom-line growth due to shareholder value focus...
      This drove cost cutting and limit top line growth, and growth opportunities for employees

      Advice to Management

      Focus on Customer First, Employee Second, Shareholders Third - the first two will take care of the shareholders. If we have attracted the wrong shareholders (the pure dividend seekers), we should just let them go.

    5. Helpful (5)

      "@IBM"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Human Resources Project Manager in New York, NY
      Former Employee - Human Resources Project Manager in New York, NY
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at IBM full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      big name, lots of opportunities, good platform to learn things
      co-workers are very nice and ready to help each others
      cross country work experiences
      agile environment
      easy internal job transfer

      Cons

      company is going down, resource action everyday
      too many meetings- fully booked with meetings everyday
      many processes, the company does not have a clear picture of its next move

      Advice to Management

      replace current CEO (talks too much does little) to a tech person who has a clear picture of the next movement, cut at least half of the backoffice employees- their existance are to make you busy with processes

    6. "Sinking ship"

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      Current Employee - Consultant in New York, NY
      Current Employee - Consultant in New York, NY
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at IBM full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Lots of diverse opportunities and trainings

      Cons

      Tons of recent lay-offs and retrainings due to a massive over hire in the consulting program paired with not enough signings.

    7. "Good company to start your career development"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in New York, NY
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in New York, NY
      Recommends

      I worked at IBM full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good atmosphere, great challenges, flexibility.

      Cons

      Distance from main city, spent too much time in car.

      Advice to Management

      Increase coaching and feedback sessions,

    8. "Ibm"

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      Current Employee - Project Manager in New York, NY
      Current Employee - Project Manager in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at IBM full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Growth opportunities. Technology. Culture . Innovation

      Cons

      Too many processes.. too many obstacles.

      Advice to Management

      Establish Training programs with hands on projects

    9. "Network to succeed"

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      Current Employee - Consultant in New York, NY
      Current Employee - Consultant in New York, NY
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at IBM full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Easy to move laterally,

      Cons

      slow work pipeline, not great senior management, poor education opportunities

      Advice to Management

      Perform better, reorganize your structure, understand your business

    10. Helpful (1)

      "No loyalty to their employees"

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      Current Employee - Senior Consultant in New York, NY
      Current Employee - Senior Consultant in New York, NY
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at IBM full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Lots of free education and access to certifications.
      Chance to grow and explore skill sets within a project
      Access to senior leadership if you look for it

      Cons

      No loyalty - this is a place where you can have excellent year end reviews, excellent project reviews, excellent relationships with your management and still be Resource Actioned (laid off). They will allow senior leadership who got IBM into this sticky situation to keep their jobs and lay off entire analyst start classes hired directly out of undergrad.

      Don't expect a bonus over $2,000. This means that even if you have a perfect rating at the end of the year, you are only worth $2,000 more to IBM than their employees who have average or below average ratings. Are all of those 80+ hour weeks grinding worth it? Probably not at IBM. Not to mention that annual raises will always be below inflation..

      Poor culture. You have to be in the "cool kids club" to be part of any strong culture here or to expect any recognition. Otherwise, expect to work long and hard hours with little recognition.

      Advice to Management

      Really look into how and why you are promoting people.

      Don't hire resources you can't staff. (Don't hire non technical resources if you only want to staff technical resources)

      Think about who you have sitting in the VP, Partner, Senior Partner and Managing Partner roles... Aren't they the reasons for our poor delivery and inability to sign work in our consulting business?

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