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Working at IBM in Poughkeepsie, NY: 26 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Poughkeepsie, NY Area

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On average, employees in Poughkeepsie, NY at IBM give their company a 1.7 rating out of 5.0 based on 26, whereas overall Average Rating of IBM is 4.0 out of 5.0 based on 2520 IBM Review Ratings. The happiest IBM employees in Poughkeepsie, NY are Information Architects submitting an average rating of 4.8 and Software Engineers with a rating of 3.9.

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4.0
Average Rating
(based on 1593 IBM Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.9
Growth Opportunities
3.6
People You Work With
4.4
Person You Work For
4.2
Rewards You Receive
3.8
Support You Get
4.0
Way You Work
4.1
Work Setting
4.0
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Posted 10 years ago in Yorktown Heights, NY

Working at IBM in Poughkeepsie, NY: 26 Employee Reviews

Software Engineer

"Amazing company, transparent, helpful"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
IBM Employee

"IBM is a dying company. Its strategy is non-existent and they are not retaining the top talent. The CEO is running this company into the ground and morale is at an all time low."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

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IBM (2520)

4.7 Highest Rated in this Industry is Sigma Designs (5)
2.2 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Polara Engineering (6)
3.9 Average of All Companies in this Industry (20,231)
IBM Employee

"Been on a downhill slide over the past few years in certain development items."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
IBM Employee

"Great pay & benefits. Good family work/life balance."

Person You Work For 4.3 / 5 People You Work With 4.3 / 5 Work Setting 4.3 / 5
Support You Get 4.3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.3 / 5
Company Culture 4.3 / 5 Way You Work 4.3 / 5
Software Engineer

"I enjoyed my years at IBM tremendously. My colleagues were fantastic."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"My colleagues were fantastic to work with. Ability to telecommute and flexible working hours allowed tremendous work-life balance."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"No longer term vision, stock price/accountants seem to drive business decisions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Someone needs to drive a genuine discussion on growing revenues instead of trying to shrink expenses. You can't keep doing the same things over and over and expect different results."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
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Work Setting 3 / 5 Company Culture 3 / 5
Information Architect

What do you like about working at IBM?

"The people and development are a plus. The training is also a major factor."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Show you thirst for knowledge and willingness to take control of your responsibilities."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"The constant resource actions and lack of pay increases. US employees are targets."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Good people cannot easily be replaced. As seen by the number of major clients leaving, the next quarter should not be the focus for making decisions."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Software Engineer

"Great company to work for. Excellent experience."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Family friendly environment and excellent educational and training opportunities. Great work environment."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself. Great learning and training opportunity with this company."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Off shift hours and support and carrying the beeper on weekends."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None. I am not a manager myself and have no complaints with the management."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Software Engineer

"Best job I had. The learning experience and growth potential was amazing."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Company has family friendly environment, amazing education schedules and excellent growth potential."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself and you will get enough opportunities to learn and work."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Maybe the split shift coverage of the west coast and carrying the beeper on weekend."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None. Maybe a little less paperwork would be better but it wasn't so bad."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Senior Database Administrator
Person You Work For 4.1 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 4.4 / 5
Support You Get 4.3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.5 / 5
Company Culture 4.9 / 5 Way You Work 4.8 / 5
Web Developer

What do you like about working at IBM?

"There are some of the most brilliant people in the computing industry working there."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Unless you are fresh out of college, don't waste your time with them."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Once you reach a certain age and years of service, you are history."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Start caring about the employees rather than the stockholders and your bonuses."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Senior Network Architect
Person You Work For 3.9 / 5 People You Work With 4.6 / 5 Work Setting 3.8 / 5
Support You Get 4.3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.7 / 5
Company Culture 3.9 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Consultant

"Good company to work for."

Software Engineer

"This was a great experience."

IT Specialist

"It was a great place to start out."

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