Employee Reviews
(Winged ratings measure job satisfaction on scale of 1 to 5)
Anonymous shared this review of IBM on May 23rd, 2018
"My experience here has been that everyone (individual contributors, at least) is underpaid and medical benefits are not good. They did recently extend maternity leave to 12 weeks I believe, but it's still not great. My department has been great with flexibility but it's at manager's discretion so it really depends on whether you luck out in that regard. In addition, we were told there would be sexual harassment training coming last fall, but none has yet. I personally know of people who've dealt with this, and it seemed like HR treated the victims as the perpetrators. The lack of training therefore seems like a huge problem."
Are women & men treated equally?
"Yes"
Does the CEO support gender diversity?
"Not sure"
One thing IBM can improve?
"Other"
Position or Department
Data Management Consultant, Operations
Recent Salary
$50k-$80k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Level of Flexibility
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"Although we have flexibility, there is a huge concern from management about our timecards and how much time we bill to clients versus general work time. This makes it difficult to get involved with any internal groups (women's groups, etc.) that aren't directly related to a client. So they may support flexibility in some ways but they definitely hinder it in other ways."
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Policies, Culture, Hours
Did you take Maternity leave?
"Yes"
8 Weeks Paid | 0 Weeks Unpaid
"I took leave shortly before the leave was extended. I took the full 8 weeks offered at the time, and I took 2 more weeks as short term disability due to post-partum complications."
Would you recommend IBM to other women?
"No"
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Anonymous shared this review of IBM on May 23rd, 2018
"IBM is a wonderful company if you can find the right role. Growth areas such as data analytics, cognitive computing, cloud, etc are hot items, and will receive good support within the company. People at IBM are very supportive and there are numerous resource groups within the company to help you find your way"
Are women & men treated equally?
"Yes"
Does the CEO support gender diversity?
"Yes"
One thing IBM can improve?
"Improve my compensation"
Position or Department
Business Operations Manager, Operations
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Level of Flexibility
1
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"I have been VERY fortunate to have a completely flexible schedule, working from home and adjusting my hours as needed to address family needs. This, of course, depends on your job role, your management team, and your track record - but the potential is definitely here for work/life integration and support for family needs."
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Policies, Culture, Hours
Did you take Maternity leave?
"Yes"
2 Weeks Paid | 12 Weeks Unpaid
"I adopted, and at the time, adoption leave was only 2 weeks, so I took that plus 3 months of FLMA, unpaid. Since then, IBM has greatly enhanced their maternity leave policies so had I adopted now, I'd have gotten a much better leave, with pay!"
Would you recommend IBM to other women?
"Yes"
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Anonymous shared this review of IBM on May 23rd, 2018
"You are evaluated and progressed based on the merits of your contributions, not the # of hours you spend in the office or seniority or whether or not you take advantage of flexible programs. "
Are women & men treated equally?
"Yes"
Does the CEO support gender diversity?
"Yes"
One thing IBM can improve?
"Not much; it's a great place to work"
Level of Flexibility
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5
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Policies, Culture, Hours
Did you take Maternity leave?
"Yes"
12 Weeks Paid | 0 Weeks Unpaid
"My maternity leave was 10 years ago, but since my own maternity leave, birth mothers get 20 weeks paid, and all other parents get 12 weeks paid---father, partners, adoptive parents, etc."
Would you recommend IBM to other women?
"Yes"
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Anonymous shared this review of IBM on May 23rd, 2018
"They are supportive of worklife balance and the maternity/paternity leave has increased to about 4 months in the US. but the HR policy websites and directions are very unclear. Like they don't want you to take it. You also tend to get held back from promotions once you have kids depending on your manager even if you working twice as hard as others. "
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
Does the CEO support gender diversity?
"Yes"
One thing IBM can improve?
"Improve my benefits (e.g. medical, maternity)"
Position or Department
Advisory Software Engineer, Research & Development
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Level of Flexibility
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"it can be flexible but it depends on what department you work for. you can go out in the middle of the day for dr appt etc but have to work late to work with other country timezones on your team. that eats into family time."
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Policies, Culture, Hours
Did you take Maternity leave?
"Yes"
16 Weeks Paid | 0 Weeks Unpaid
"They have increased the amount of paid maternity leave twice since i've been with this company. both while I was actually out. so they let me use it anytime within the next year. going on unpaid leave was a nightmare. very bad process, you have to get billed for your insurance benefits and it's not clear."
Would you recommend IBM to other women?
"Yes"
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Anonymous shared this review of IBM on May 23rd, 2018
"Working at IBM is likely better than smaller companies, but it is harder to be recognized for larger achievements.."
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
Does the CEO support gender diversity?
"Yes"
One thing IBM can improve?
"Improve work-life balance and policies (e.g. flex-time, limit face time)"
Recent Salary
$50k-$80k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Level of Flexibility
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"Flexibility is mainly for managers... and others that do no fill those roles have to follow "do as I say, not as I do" mentality."
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Policies, Culture, Hours
Did you take Maternity leave?
"Yes"
12 Weeks Paid | 0 Weeks Unpaid
"Policy had changed over the 3 years span I took maternity leave. This is example from my last leave, but has changed again (for family benefit) since."
Would you recommend IBM to other women?
"Maybe"
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