IBM Employee Reviews about "low salary"
74% would recommend to a friend
(12317 total reviews)
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- "1. Big Organisation 2. In/Out time constraint is not here 3. Work life balance is good" (in 8193 reviews)
- "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." (in 4211 reviews)
- "Flexible timings and work from home option(i gotta laptop thats why i enjoy this privilege)" (in 4161 reviews)
- "Good benefits; IBM prides itself on being a leader in Healthcare Benefits and incentives for healthy living." (in 2832 reviews)
- "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" (in 2586 reviews)
- "Low salary and the increment was less than 2% even top performer unless you got band promotion" (in 4612 reviews)
- "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" (in 1907 reviews)
- "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results." (in 1561 reviews)
- "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" (in 1464 reviews)
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Return to all Reviews- 3.0Jan 20, 2017Delivery Project ExecutiveCurrent Employee, more than 8 yearsCalcutta
Pros
Policy driven company and lot of opportunities to learn
Cons
Politics and Salary and band progression to the higher level is very tough as it depends on your Manager
- 1.0Jul 2, 2015Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee
Pros
Good knowledge base and initial salary packages
Cons
But no one wants to share that knowledge and salary hikes are not less than the price of 1KG almonds
- 1.0Jun 5, 2018Advisory Project ManagerCurrent Employee, more than 10 yearsLondon, England
Pros
Learning, development, opportunities, benefits package albeit pension isn’t great
Cons
Worked to bleed more and more. Lack of recognition Dreadful promotion process doesn’t guarantee promo once supported by mgmt to present promo case to promo board with uncertainty of pay rise %age should promo be approved Current Salary way out of kilter with market and others in same role / job title inside company Repeated redundancy initiatives killed moral and capability on many fronts
- 4.0Oct 31, 2017Senior Systems EngineerCurrent Contractor, more than 8 yearsMadrid
Pros
Flexible time, Homework, social beneficts, laptops, a lot of technology. The people always are ready for you and helps you
Cons
It´s very dificult to upload inside the company and the salary sometimes you cannot earn the money you deserve
- 3.0Oct 2, 2010Software EngineerCurrent EmployeeKraków
Pros
Great work life balance. Talented work mates. Flexible schedule, possibility to work from home whenever you want. Good to have on your CV
Cons
Low salary in comparison to the market in Krakow and very little options for salary increase. Not every project is interesting.
2 - 3.0Nov 21, 2017Software DeveloperCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearMonroe, LA
Pros
Hands on learning experience. Well established materials plenty of resources to ask for help.
Cons
GBS division is the consulting division of IBM and thus salaries are non competitive even for non-entry level work. Work life balance is strongly skewed towards work. Frequently on calls on weekends.
1 - 3.0Mar 21, 2011Senior Applications ConsultantCurrent EmployeeHyderābād
Pros
good to work and get good salary while joining
Cons
salary hike and recognation will not be good for the people who stays for long term
- 2.0Feb 6, 2014Advisory Software EngineerCurrent Employee, more than 10 yearsHopewell Junction, NY
Pros
The people I work with are smart, wonderful people. Good work life balance. Very flexible with personal time off if needed.
Cons
Several years ago, IBM changed the 401K match for new employees to 3%. Prior employees receive a 6% match. Annual bonus' and merit salary increases ONLY go to the top performers in the work group (top 10-15% of employees). Annual performance reviews are stack ranked. That means there will ALWAYS be a bottom group regardless of how well you perform in your job. Several years ago, IBM reduced the maximum vacation for employees hired after that date. They will never receive more than 20 days per year. Prior employees can receive 25 days. New employees start with 15 vacation days and max to 20 after 10 years of service.
2 - 5.0Feb 22, 2021Anonymous EmployeeCurrent Employee, more than 8 years
Pros
Good work environment Flexible hours Good for career growth It has good learning site and certification option
Cons
Salary hike and bonus is not regular depending on the account and the industry we are working with
- 3.0May 27, 2019QA Test EngineerCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearBengaluru
Pros
Learning portal of IBM is very useful . You will have the previlege of accessing many technology learnings . Work from Home option is the biggest perk you can get from this company . If someone is interested in Club activities its one of best place to be .
Cons
The salary structure is mediocre and incentives and hikes are very less according to experience . Some experience project shutdown and some experience more work in a project which is not in a balanced manner .
