IBM vs Salesforce

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Oct 30, 2020 16 Comments

I wonder how they are different in terms of reputation and career. It seems that both are quite chill, and they both are in B2B. I'm mainly interested in the research positions, but I wonder why the overall scores for these companies differ significantly (Salesforce is around 4.2 star and IBM is someqhat above 3 here at Blind). Does anyone know why?

Also, if anyone has an opinion about Salesforce Research vs IBM Research, please share!

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TOP 16 Comments
  • Salesforce for sure. IBM tc is crap. They acquired and dismantled our startup. Culture is terrible. You can learn some cool stuff at IBM but it's not worth the low pay. If you have a choice don't choose IBM. I was a tech lead in Watson.
    Oct 30, 2020 4
    • IBM
      yOhF20

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      Agreed on the IBM TC. They pay the same salary, just without any significant bonus every other company does.
      Oct 30, 2020
    • IBM / Other
      rthf

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      rthf
      Watson is a joke. I hate IBM in general but do like IBM Research.
      Oct 31, 2020
  • Salesforce Research is legit, very talented ppl working on cutting edge stuff. IBM.....
    Oct 30, 2020 1
  • Not a fair comparison.. they are both in different leagues.

    For the same reasons you wouldn't compare Google with IBM.. you can't compare these too.
    Nov 2, 2020 1
    • IBM
      yOhF20

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      Why not? They are known for laid back culture in general. IBM Research is still a leading industry research lab in AI. I hear Salesforce Research occasionally, but I didn't come across many papers from them. It's of course because of their short history and maybe small size. They both publish papers about AI, in particular natural language processing. Conferences including ACL, EMNLP, etc.
      Nov 3, 2020
  • IBM / Other
    ijujk

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    IBM Research is like a separate org from IBM in general. IBM Research is still reputable on some fields. You should consider Microsoft research, Google, and fb research.
    Oct 30, 2020 5
    • IBM
      yOhF20

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      I'm in a typical AI area. I also consider the labs you mentioned above the best.
      Oct 30, 2020
    • IBM
      yOhF20

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      How is Alexa's culture? The problem with Alexa for me is it's a huge organization that I cannot get a general idea..
      Oct 30, 2020
  • Not certain of the relevance of the IBM vs Salesforce comparison as SFDC barrels headlong towards becoming the next IBM...๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ
    The partyโ€™s over, the lights are on, & SFDC is already displaying signs of becoming our grandparents corporate monolith.
    Just one example: my hiring manager was promoted 4 times over a 5 year period, and Iโ€™m being told to now expect 3-5yrs between promotions.
    Nov 6, 2020 0