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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3.0
Feb 20, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The total compensation package is good and there are plenty of good people to work for and with. There's a wide variety of work to do within IBM, so there are sometimes good opportunities to change jobs internally.

Cons

Not the stable job it once was. Regular layoffs are a matter of course now, and indications are that those jobs will move overseas and not return to the US. Since IBM seems more interested in buying new technology instead of creating it, you're better off being in a company bought by IBM if you want new technology experience. IBM cares much more about the stock and how the world perceives it than how employees feel about the company, and that leads to poor products and support.

3.0
Feb 14, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you're just starting out in your career it can be a great place to network with a lot of people in your field. You can sample a lot of different job types just by talking to people. They have great mentors that are really helpful. You have to take the initiative to find a great mentor though. They have a lot of internal tools that can be very useful, they can also be a pain to learn since there are so many of them. Web 2.0 technologies are being adopted by IBM and there's definitely a lot of cutting edge stuff you can get involved in IF you join the right team. Good benefits and flexible work hours/location.

Cons

Upper management could care less about the low level employees. Layoffs will hit your department at least once every two years, if not more often. Good performance ratings won't save anyone either. If you don't want to be a small fish in a big pond then IBM will not be for you - nor will any large company. There's a lot of politics and processes that keep things from moving along. The day after laying off thousands of employees Sam will tell the president of the US that creating new "21st century jobs" is important and something that IBM is doing.

4.0
Feb 5, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

big company, big name. lots of smart people working with different technologies. some pretty unique and amazing technologies

Cons

very beaurocratic, somewhat political, not always a clear idea of what's doing and why its doing it. too many conference calls, waaaay too many meetings

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