Is IBM a good company to work for as a Program Manager?

Program Manager professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 439 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of IBM employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Program Manager Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Program Manager interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Program Manager employees well?

Program Manager professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.8 out of 5 stars based on 439 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.4% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Program Manager salaries at IBM.

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What are the pros of working at IBM according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and good to be able to work from home although that’s often at the discretion of your manager" ((in 11026 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5024 reviews)); "Flexible timings and work from home option(i gotta laptop thats why i enjoy this privilege)" ((in 4377 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3396 reviews)); "Good benefits; IBM prides itself on being a leader in Healthcare Benefits and incentives for healthy living." ((in 3283 reviews))

What are the cons of working at IBM according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and the increment was less than 2% even top performer unless you got band promotion" ((in 5454 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2182 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 2009 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1724 reviews)); "Poor Leadership; Weak Execution; Benefits to employees are getting worse; Money spent on dividends instead of R&D." ((in 619 reviews))

IBM Program Manager reviews

4.0

65% would recommend to a friend

(439 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

57% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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Program Manager employees have rated IBM with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 439 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Program Manager professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Program Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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439 reviews

4.0

Mar 18, 2021

Good company

Program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Good perks overall compared to most tech companies

Cons

Poor management as compared to tech companies

4.0

Mar 17, 2021

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Program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Continuous improvement as a professional through experience, re-skilling and upskilling studies

Cons

It is an Agile company, multicultural and with a matrix structure, which sometimes makes managing issues challenging and requires entrepreneurial and continual improvement profile.

3.0

Mar 10, 2021

hit or miss

Program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of opportunities to change roles or move to different locations, reasonable benefits package for a company this size

Cons

Can be very high stress depending on who your manager is, layoffs happen every January, internal systems are outdated and difficult to navigate, no real culture or sense of comradery.

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