Women's Job Satisfaction (5=very satisfied)
Design Principal
Product
January 1970
Choose where you work wisely. Your experience will vary a lot by business, geography, job function. The life of a GBS/iX designer is very different than a product designer, for instance.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
>$150k
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Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
Yes
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Yes
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture, Policies
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
Improve my compensation
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Recommend to Women?
Yes
Business Operations Analyst
Operations
January 1970
I feel that, in order to succeed here, you need to be 'hungry'. Motivation and drive are keys to success in IBM.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$50k-$80k
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Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
Yes
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Yes
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Culture
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
Improve work-life balance and policies (e.g. flex-time, limit face time)
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Recommend to Women?
Yes
Team Lead
Customer Service
January 1970
Great place for women to grow a career while maintaining work-life balance.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$50k-$80k
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Recent Bonus
Not eligible for bonus
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
Yes
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Yes
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture, Policies
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
Improve my compensation
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Recommend to Women?
Yes
Marketing
January 1970
amazing parental leave policy, lots of women in leadership positions. not saying things are perfect, but the best i've seen in the tech industry.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
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Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
Yes
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Yes
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
20 paid / unpaid
maternity leave consists of 6-8 wks short term disability (100%) plus an additional 12 weeks of paid parental leave
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture, Policies
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
Not much; it's a great place to work
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Recommend to Women?
Yes
Software Engineer
Engineering
January 1970
If you want a great work-life-balance, I recommend working at IBM. It is a large company so experiences can vary based on your department and leadership, but I've personally had a positive experience in my three years here. I enjoy doing a lot of things outside of work and working at IBM allows me to keep up with those things. I am also thankful that they encourage you to learn and grow in your skills. The provide various programs and learning opportunities.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
CEO supports Gender Diversity?
Yes
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Yes
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture, Policies
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
In my first few years at the company I would say, to make it it easier to talk about promotions and compensation increases. Now, there have been a lot of positive changes and they're launching a new program that encourages you to have career conversations with your managers on a frequent basis. It's a step in the right direction!
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Recommend to Women?
Yes
January 1970
IBM is a great place to work. I highly appreciate their flexibility in work hours.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$80k-$100k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
Yes
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Yes
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture, Policies
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
Not much; it's a great place to work
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Recommend to Women?
Yes
Project Manager
January 1970
IBM is a great place to work. They have great opportunities and promote training. They provide flexibility for working from home or coming into the office.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
CEO supports Gender Diversity?
Yes
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Yes
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture, Policies
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
Promote more women into leadership positions
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Recommend to Women?
Yes
Managing Cosultant
Compliance
January 1970
To meet your career aspirations, seek resources that allow you to succeed; people, skills development, connect with communities & others.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
Yes
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Not for Pay, Promotion, Hiring
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5In my experience, I agree that there is flexibility and policies have been adapted to provide a very favorable work-life balance. However, there is conflict between the employer's policies and he reality of project delivery.
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Policies
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
I believe there was a promise made that projects would be required to have a balance of men-women. That has yet to be implemented. Accountability is lacking.
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Recommend to Women?
Maybe. The organization is Great! Lots of opportunities for growth, learning, advancing your skills, knowledge, and variety of initiatives in addition to your full time job. However, in practice there are barriers that do not allow everyone to perform at the best, people who abuse their authority to prevent others from success or simply to intimidate them, or exclude them from engaging with teams that they work with (perhaps to suppress them from succeeding or performing on par or better than their peers), or blatantly frustrate others. While the organization is striving to make positive strides to level the playing field, there is no real accountability to ensure the practices are being adopted. Women in particular are still not treated fairly but their counterparts;I have witnessed an extreme case of women being disrespected by a male - and that was not the first incident he had. Nothing happened to him.
January 1970
IBM is a diversity forward employer. We have women in powerful positions in all aspects of our delivery model.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
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Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
Yes
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Yes
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture, Policies
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
Not much; it's a great place to work
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Recommend to Women?
Yes
IT Architect
IT
January 1970
Technical positions are held primarily by foreign males. There is little security or advancement for Americans, let alone female Americans. Getting a promotion means almost no work-life balance. Recent layoffs disproportionately affected older women, and recent exposes have uncovered that IBM favors millennials and deliberately set out to reduce "older" employee headcount (i.e. anyone over 40).
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$80k-$100k
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Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
I'm not sure
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Not for Pay, Promotion, Evaluation and Reviews
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture, Policies
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
Promote more women into leadership positions
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Recommend to Women?
No