IBM Software Developer reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,890 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

70% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,890 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
2.0
Nov 16, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

flexible timings are a plus, you might get some good work if you are in a good team. managers are little less nosy and less micromanagment.

Cons

low salary non transparent work culture no respect for the work that you do , high degree of bureaucracy . overall a poor work environment

5.0
Sep 20, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

At IBM, you have the wealth of resources available at your fingertips that only comes with working for a multinational corporation. I had a wonderful team of coworkers and was continually being challenged with interesting projects that continually developed my skills.

Cons

Like many corporations, shareholders are the top priority at IBM, explaining why thousands of employees were laid off in late 2008/early 2009, despite IBM having a record year in 2008. I was lucky to have been spared (I left IBM to pursue grad studies), but there were many senior positions cut in the layoffs -- people that had been working for IBM for most of their careers, outed to save a few dollars. It makes you wonder if the same could happen to you if you stayed in the company for many years.

4.0
Sep 4, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

IBM has lots of opportunities. It totally depends on you about how to extract the best out of it. Flexible working hours and you have a lot of freedom.

Cons

Compensation is less compared to equivalent jobs in other companies. There are lot of processes involved for every task which is unavoidable for a company of this size

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