IBM Software Developer reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,888 total reviews)
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70% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,888 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
Sep 7, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

salary and challenge. it is a good place to work for a fresh student out of the college but might not be a best place for seasoned developer who might want to achieve something. salary wise this is okay but not the best. work culture wise it is good. good ethics are there but it also depends on the group that you work in. some people have good skills and knowledge sharing but many do not possess that and do not know how to keep the talent within the company. it also depends on the manager that you work under

Cons

salary is sometimes completely arbitary and not proprotionate to talent

3.0
Aug 28, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Casual dress code - Clean, new lab at Markham - Good office environment (PWAs instead of cubicles)

Cons

- Pay is lower than some competitors - Office politics

2.0
Aug 25, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

IBM is very flexible and their are a broad range of jobs to choose from if you are willing to raise your hand. Most of the successful people jump jobs every 2 - 3 years. The hours are flexible and you can get a lot of jobs where you can work almost exclusively from home. If you are a solid developer you probably won't have to work to hard to stay ahead so you won't be putting in tons of overtime.

Cons

This company loves process more than any other place. They care about making sure they are up to ISO rules more than getting out a quality product to the customer. This leads to their strategy of buying up innovative companies sucking their customers dry and then moving their products to Asia/Pacific for maintenance. Oh yeah, and even if the stock is doing great, and profits are up the Senior Management makes sure that your division will miss one metric so they can give you little to no raise and a small bonus.

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