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Feedback at IBM

Based on a response from 3372 IBM employees about frequency of constructive criticism or positive feedback the most commonly selected answer was Once a month. Compared to all the departments at IBM, the Sales team reported that they receive valuable constructive criticism Every week, while the Product team received constructive criticism Once a month. Lastly, employees who have a Associate's degree or have Over 10 Years work experience also answered that they receive valuable feedback Once a month.

Q: How often do you get valuable feedback on how to improve at work?

Answered by 3372 IBM employees

Gender

Male

Every week
32%
Once a month
37%
Once a quarter
20%
Once a year
4%
Never
7%

Female

Every week
32%
Once a month
33%
Once a quarter
24%
Once a year
5%
Never
6%

Non-Binary

Every week
27%
Once a month
37%
Once a quarter
21%
Once a year
6%
Never
9%

Ethnicity

52%
Once a month

Native American employees at IBM answered Once a month the most among all other ethnicities.

  • Caucasian
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • African American/Black
  • Asian or Pacific Islander
  • Native American
  • Other
Every week
32%
Once a month
33%
Once a quarter
23%
Once a year
6%
Never
6%
Every week
32%
Once a month
35%
Once a quarter
20%
Once a year
6%
Never
7%
Every week
38%
Once a month
32%
Once a quarter
20%
Once a year
5%
Never
5%
Every week
33%
Once a month
36%
Once a quarter
21%
Once a year
4%
Never
6%
Every week
14%
Once a month
52%
Once a quarter
28%
Once a year
3%
Never
3%
Every week
29%
Once a month
37%
Once a quarter
22%
Once a year
4%
Never
8%

Department

62%
Once a month

IBM employees in Legal answered Once a month the most among all other departments.

IBM employees in Product answered Once a year the least among all other departments.

  • Engineering
  • Product
  • Design
  • Marketing
  • Operations
  • Admin
  • Business Development
  • Finance
  • Communications
  • Customer Support
  • HR
  • IT
  • Legal
  • Sales
  • Customer Success
Every week
35%
Once a month
35%
Once a quarter
19%
Once a year
4%
Never
7%
Every week
28%
Once a month
34%
Once a quarter
24%
Once a year
3%
Never
11%
Every week
33%
Once a month
35%
Once a quarter
19%
Once a year
10%
Never
3%
Every week
28%
Once a month
39%
Once a quarter
24%
Once a year
5%
Never
4%
Every week
29%
Once a month
36%
Once a quarter
22%
Once a year
5%
Never
8%
Every week
31%
Once a month
33%
Once a quarter
24%
Once a year
5%
Never
7%
Every week
34%
Once a month
31%
Once a quarter
27%
Once a year
5%
Never
3%
Every week
30%
Once a month
41%
Once a quarter
22%
Once a year
3%
Never
4%
Every week
29%
Once a month
45%
Once a quarter
10%
Once a year
6%
Never
10%
Every week
39%
Once a month
27%
Once a quarter
23%
Once a year
6%
Never
5%
Every week
31%
Once a month
35%
Once a quarter
25%
Once a year
6%
Never
3%
Every week
27%
Once a month
36%
Once a quarter
23%
Once a year
4%
Never
10%
Every week
8%
Once a month
62%
Once a quarter
23%
Once a year
0%
Never
7%
Every week
39%
Once a month
33%
Once a quarter
19%
Once a year
5%
Never
4%
Every week
39%
Once a month
34%
Once a quarter
13%
Once a year
6%
Never
8%

Age

57%
Never

IBM employees aged 51-55 answered Never the most among all other ethnicities.

IBM employees aged 26-30 answered Once a year the least among all other ethnicities.

  • 18-25
  • 26-30
  • 31-35
  • 36-40
  • 41-45
  • 46-50
  • 51-55
Every week
30%
Once a month
30%
Once a quarter
0%
Once a year
30%
Never
10%
Every week
18%
Once a month
47%
Once a quarter
29%
Once a year
6%
Never
0%
Every week
19%
Once a month
29%
Once a quarter
38%
Once a year
0%
Never
14%
Every week
0%
Once a month
34%
Once a quarter
33%
Once a year
11%
Never
22%
Every week
29%
Once a month
0%
Once a quarter
29%
Once a year
13%
Never
29%
Every week
17%
Once a month
17%
Once a quarter
33%
Once a year
33%
Never
0%
Every week
14%
Once a month
15%
Once a quarter
14%
Once a year
0%
Never
57%

Education

40%
Once a month

IBM employees with answered Once a month the most among all other education levels.

IBM employees with a Bachelor's degree answered Once a year the least among all other education levels.

  • Bachelor's
  • Master's
  • Doctoral or professional
  • Associate's
Every week
21%
Once a month
26%
Once a quarter
28%
Once a year
11%
Never
14%
Every week
11%
Once a month
37%
Once a quarter
26%
Once a year
15%
Never
11%
Every week
33%
Once a month
0%
Once a quarter
34%
Once a year
0%
Never
33%
Every week
0%
Once a month
40%
Once a quarter
40%
Once a year
0%
Never
20%

Experience

43%
Every week

IBM employees with Entry Level experience answered Every week the most among all other segments.

IBM employees with 1 to 3 Years experience answered Never the least among all other segments.

  • Entry Level
  • 1 to 3 Years
  • 3 to 6 Years
  • 6 to 10 Years
  • Over 10 Years
Every week
43%
Once a month
38%
Once a quarter
14%
Once a year
0%
Never
5%
Every week
32%
Once a month
33%
Once a quarter
25%
Once a year
6%
Never
4%
Every week
30%
Once a month
36%
Once a quarter
19%
Once a year
5%
Never
10%
Every week
24%
Once a month
35%
Once a quarter
26%
Once a year
6%
Never
9%
Every week
30%
Once a month
34%
Once a quarter
24%
Once a year
6%
Never
6%

Location

100%
Every week

IBM employees in San Diego answered Every week the most among all other locations.

IBM employees in Remote answered Never the least among all other locations.

  • Atlanta
  • Austin
  • Boston
  • Burlington, NC
  • Charlotte, NC
  • Chicago
  • Dallas
  • Denver
  • Greensboro, NC
  • Houston
  • Jackson, MI
  • Kansas City, MO
  • Kingston, NY
  • Lafayette, LA
  • Lewiston, ME
  • Lincoln, NE
  • Los Angeles
  • Minneapolis
  • Monroe, LA
  • New York
  • Phoenix
  • Portland
  • Remote
  • Rochester, MN
  • Saint Louis, MO
  • San Diego
  • San Francisco
  • Seattle
  • Washington, DC
Every week
34%
Once a month
37%
Once a quarter
17%
Once a year
7%
Never
5%
Every week
44%
Once a month
29%
Once a quarter
17%
Once a year
10%
Never
0%
Every week
39%
Once a month
21%
Once a quarter
29%
Once a year
8%
Never
3%
Every week
41%
Once a month
32%
Once a quarter
24%
Once a year
3%
Never
0%
Every week
20%
Once a month
40%
Once a quarter
40%
Once a year
0%
Never
0%
Every week
21%
Once a month
58%
Once a quarter
8%
Once a year
0%
Never
13%
Every week
41%
Once a month
22%
Once a quarter
30%
Once a year
0%
Never
7%
Every week
40%
Once a month
20%
Once a quarter
27%
Once a year
0%
Never
13%
Every week
22%
Once a month
56%
Once a quarter
17%
Once a year
5%
Never
0%
Every week
75%
Once a month
25%
Once a quarter
0%
Once a year
0%
Never
0%
Every week
50%
Once a month
50%
Once a quarter
0%
Once a year
0%
Never
0%
Every week
33%
Once a month
67%
Once a quarter
0%
Once a year
0%
Never
0%
Every week
47%
Once a month
38%
Once a quarter
15%
Once a year
0%
Never
0%
Every week
50%
Once a month
31%
Once a quarter
13%
Once a year
0%
Never
6%
Every week
0%
Once a month
25%
Once a quarter
75%
Once a year
0%
Never
0%
Every week
67%
Once a month
33%
Once a quarter
0%
Once a year
0%
Never
0%
Every week
37%
Once a month
45%
Once a quarter
9%
Once a year
9%
Never
0%
Every week
50%
Once a month
50%
Once a quarter
0%
Once a year
0%
Never
0%
Every week
67%
Once a month
33%
Once a quarter
0%
Once a year
0%
Never
0%
Every week
30%
Once a month
35%
Once a quarter
23%
Once a year
5%
Never
7%
Every week
75%
Once a month
0%
Once a quarter
0%
Once a year
25%
Never
0%
Every week
43%
Once a month
29%
Once a quarter
14%
Once a year
0%
Never
14%
Every week
41%
Once a month
41%
Once a quarter
13%
Once a year
4%
Never
1%
Every week
25%
Once a month
25%
Once a quarter
25%
Once a year
8%
Never
17%
Every week
0%
Once a month
50%
Once a quarter
50%
Once a year
0%
Never
0%
Every week
100%
Once a month
0%
Once a quarter
0%
Once a year
0%
Never
0%
Every week
37%
Once a month
32%
Once a quarter
19%
Once a year
7%
Never
5%
Every week
19%
Once a month
45%
Once a quarter
18%
Once a year
9%
Never
9%
Every week
24%
Once a month
46%
Once a quarter
22%
Once a year
3%
Never
5%
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