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
1.0
Jun 18, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

None. Unless you like working for a huge company.

Cons

IBM has no clue about developing software... it just assimilates smaller companies, and tries to shoehorn them into IBM's way of doing things, which results in low-quality products. It also treats its engineering staff like interchangable cogs, laying off highly paid, experienced engineers for inexpensive college hires, assuming they can do the same job

4.0
Jun 16, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a large company so you can change jobs without missing a paycheck or losing your seniority. We produce innovative technology that is exciting to work on and gets used around the world. And there are a number of really outstanding people to work with. Most parts of IBM area also very supportive of having a life outside of work, and are friendly to those of us with families.

Cons

Red Tape. IBM is slow to change directions and slow to take up new initiatives. It also gets political because of it's size.

4.0
Jun 16, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Large companies like IBM provide innumerable opportunities for career advancement and personal growth. I'm happy with my compensation and I feel like IBM has good systems in place for employee feedback and review processes. Also, I feel work/life balance is effective at IBM. As less staff is asked to do more, management does appear more flexible on where and when that work is accomplished.

Cons

IBM is clearly extremely committed to moving all new staffing overseas to cheaper labor markets. It makes being a US employee frustrating and causes continual staff paranoia. US staff members are rarely replaced, and the existing US workforce is continually forced to do more with less. Resource actions (forced headcount reductions) and department offshoring plans are constantly in progress, and it causes a constant unproductive rumor mill effect across all organizations.

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