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Career Advancement at IBM

At IBM, 83% of 3348 employees responded “Yes” when asked, “Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?” More specifically, 83% of men and 78% of Non-Binary think they're provided with sufficient career advancement opportunities. Additionally, employees who have a Associate's degree or have Entry Level work experience answered “Yes” the most. Lastly, 91% of employees in Finance answered “Yes”, while only 73% of employees in Marketing provided the same answer.

Q: Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?

Answered by 3348 IBM employees

Gender

Male
83% Yes
Female
83% Yes
Non-Binary
78% Yes

Ethnicity

% who responded "Yes"

86% of Hispanic or Latino IBM employees selected "Yes" when asked "Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?", while only 77% of Native American IBM employees chose "Yes".

86%
Hispanic or Latino
86%
Asian or Pacific Islander
86%
Other
82%
African American/Black
78%
Caucasian
77%
Native American

Department

% who responded "Yes"

91% of IBM employees in the Finance department selected "Yes" when asked "Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?", while only 73% of IBM employees in the Marketing department chose "Yes".

Finance 91%
Customer Success 86%
Engineering 85%
IT 85%
Operations 84%
Business Development 84%
Design 83%
Admin 82%
Sales 81%
HR 79%
Product 78%
Communications 77%
Customer Support 77%
Legal 77%
Marketing 73%

Age

% who responded "Yes"

80% of IBM employees aged 36-40 selected "Yes" when asked "Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?", while only 25% of IBM employees aged 46-50 chose "Yes".

Education

% who responded "Yes"

75% of IBM employees with a Associate's education level selected "Yes" when asked "Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?", while only 46% of IBM employees with a Bachelor's education level chose "Yes".

Experience

% who responded "Yes"

92% of Entry Level IBM employees selected "Yes" when asked "Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?", while only 79% of IBM employees with Over 10 Years chose "Yes".

92
Entry Level
84
1 to 3 Years
81
3 to 6 Years
83
6 to 10 Years
79
Over 10 Years

Location

% who responded "Yes"

100% of IBM employees in Portland selected "Yes" when asked "Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?", while only 62% of IBM employees in Atlanta chose "Yes".

Portland 100%
Phoenix 100%
Minneapolis 100%
San Diego 100%
Kingston, NY 100%
Jackson, MI 100%
Kansas City, MO 100%
Charlotte, NC 100%
Monroe, LA 100%
Saint Louis, MO 100%
Lincoln, NE 100%
Lewiston, ME 100%
Greensboro, NC 94%
Dallas 89%
Austin 88%
Lafayette, LA 88%
Burlington, NC 85%
New York 84%
Houston 83%
Washington, DC 83%
Seattle 82%
Remote 79%
San Francisco 78%
Boston 74%
Los Angeles 70%
Chicago 70%
Denver 69%
Rochester, MN 67%
Atlanta 62%

Gender & Department

% who responded "Yes"

100% of Non-Binary IBM employees in the HR department selected "Yes" when asked "Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?", while only 40% of Non-Binary IBM employees in the IT department chose "Yes".

Admin
Male 77%
Female 85%
Business Development
Male 84%
Female 86%
Communications
Male 67%
Female 80%
Customer Success
Male 84%
Female 88%
Customer Support
Male 82%
Female 67%
Design
Male 80%
Female 84%
Engineering
Male 84%
Female 87%
Finance
Male 86%
Female 93%
HR
Male 75%
Female 80%
IT
Male 87%
Female 84%
Legal
Male 50%
Female 89%
Marketing
Male 84%
Female 65%
Operations
Male 82%
Female 85%
Product
Male 80%
Female 76%
Sales
Male 82%
Female 81%
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