IBM Senior IT Specialist Reviews

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No doubt working with prestigious organisation like IBM is a eye catcher. Company will force you to learn anytime. So you will learn a lot through, learning assignment , free premium udemy, wfh facility.

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Only Salary. What you get at the time of joining , will be fixed. No increment in any manner. There is no standard to that. So make sure ,you ask higher. They will deny on this but it is true. It is not Limited to me having 3 yrs in IBM but others who has 7 years too has the same issue.

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IBM being an international company has good policies . And the brand value gives you so much respect in the society.

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There are very toxic projects in IBM and once you are into it, your impression about entire company goes bad !! Also the medical insurance is not good, you will end up paying a huge premium for even 1lk coverage for your parents. Also in IBM there is no much HR point of contact, it's all your manager who will control everything, he can ruin and also grow your career in the company. I wish IBM had better HR connets...Read More

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Good work life balance,brand name, Poor compensation, unrealistic promotion criteria, poor onsite chances

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Poor compensation Pathetic bonus Promotion

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work timings: Flexible Timings

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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I am working in IBM Security. IBM got really good work-life balance. The work hours are flexible, no one will pressurize you into doing things.

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The hikes are not that great. Even switching projects is a very difficult. If you are a graduate hire then you must atleast work for 18 months in the initial project, no matter you are interested or not.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

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The way these people do fraud with employees specially the higher management in insurance domain and financial services.

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The higher management never wants the growth of employees.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Nothing as such, it was good company earlier but now.

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No good projects in IBM Consulting, all are support projects. If you don't get project with in 2 months, then you are fired(forcefully resignation). Also without PR it's difficult to get project. For everything management will threat to put you in PIP. No salary hike.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Saturday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within Country.

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IBM provide good culture to work with multiple benefits. They provide the free skill development and certification.

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Dependent upon your client and hike percentage is low and get promotion is very hard.

Work Details

Work days: Alternate Saturday off (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

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IBM has a lot of options for Skill development and learning. If you are looking for upskilling you will find ton of options. Work life balance depends on project basis.

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Promotions and salary appraisals are at snails pace. Manager controls all the knobs.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Coaching, many mentors, blue points, learning

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Sales & Marketing team: They may hire you for a specific role, but the actual work could end up being entirely different. If you’re part of global team, achieving a work-life balance is possible, but for teams based in India, it’s much more challenging. New hires often face difficulties in being accepted in India culture especially compared to those who have been with the organisation for years, as there’s a noticeable preference for internal candidates. It can take a significant amount of time to truly feel integrated into the organisation....Read More

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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No hike no appraisal only work pressure. Avg 2% hike u will get if you don't want to ruin your career join some other company or if joining ibm leave this just after 1 yr if you want your financial growth.

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No appraisal no salary hike no band promotion, new joini will get salary more than you. No manager support, internal politics is also.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Rotational Shift (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Honestly I did not like anything in IBM. And remember IBM is a sinking ship now. It has lost all its previous glory.

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Very toxic manager and team lead. Managers continiously demotivates you. They give negative feedback. And there is no job security nowadays. I was laid off few months after joining. Please avoid IBM i , IBM Z and IBM power system team. These teams are really bad. Apart from that , office is horrible. You will not get even tea or coffee for free. They have very less office space and they have called so many people to office. IBM ISDL gives good package but do not go with that. You need peaceful sleep, which you will not get here....Read More

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IBM is like employee friendly, where IBM will let us to learn lot many things and guide us to look forward in different technologies.

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Once we came out of project, it's totally hard to get into new project, usually they do not have any allocation requirements.

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Nothing to like. Manager dominating culture

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Many of IBMers faces regional/language politics. One never give u a chance to grow unless it find u belong to a perticular region or language. So wouldn't recommend. Additionally very less pay and no perks. U never expect for promotion even.

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IBM is very good company and will have work life balance ( and its also depands on project). Appraisals are also good (which is depends on your peoples manager). But my suggestion is go with good package yo ibm.

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If u are having higher band it will be difficult to get projects. If u are not in project no job security.

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work life balance mostly depends on project and client. I worked here for 2 clients. 1 year per client. the project with my first client did not go as expected. the senior management to blame here. hence my (and my team mates') wlb was very bad. there were weeks I even worked for 14 hours per day. work with my second client was verygood. wlb was also very good. I worked during work hours and met all the deadlines etc. comfortably....Read More

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hikes were not given as per times. you have to find projects on your own. (there will be forums etc. tho)

Work Details

Work policy: 2 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

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Everything is good. I haven’t been through the appraisal cycle yet, but heard from the seniors that its not good . You can’t expect more than 5% hike

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Appraisal could have been better

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.