IBM Advisory Software Developer reviews

3.9

80% would recommend to a friend

(558 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

39% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Advisory Software Developer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 558 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Advisory Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Advisory Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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558 reviews
4.0
Feb 13, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

IBM is a large company with vast amounts of talent. You can learn a lot and have lots of room to grow.

Cons

The company is so large that there can be huge differences in employee satisfaction based largely on the first line managers. I have seen comparable employees with large differences in perceived value and salaries.

1.0
Feb 9, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you are not ambitious and not passionate about your work, if you don't expect much in terms of professional respect, opportunities, fair compensation and fine with being layed off at any time, this might be a company worth considering.

Cons

IBM internal performance review rules promote meritocracy. You can work very hard, accomplish a great deal and still be given a bad or average performance rating just because you were not visible enough to the right people or simply because it was your time to take one for the team. Most employees I know of have given up on trying to improve anything in the products. People are in "survivor" mode - minimum effort for maximum benefit and don't stick your neck out. A lot of truly talented technical people have either left on their own or were layed off. People that seems to be staying behind are poor souls that are stuck at IBM for some reason, or those who play internal politics well.

2.0
Jan 30, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- You can potentially work on a wide variety of projects. - Decent Benefits. - Flexibility to work from home

Cons

- You're expected to be on call 24/7 - Software and Hardware development jobs are continually moved offshore - Planners are more valued than workers - If you're good at your job your manager tries to keep you forever

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