Is IBM a good company to work for as a IT Applications Programmer?

IT Applications Programmer professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 4.4 out of 5 stars in 51 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of IBM employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open IT Applications Programmer Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked IT Applications Programmer interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay IT Applications Programmer employees well?

IT Applications Programmer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.5 out of 5 stars based on 51 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about IT Applications Programmer salaries at IBM.

What are the top reviewed jobs at IBM?

Software Engineer (4347) , Applications Developer (2909) , Software Developer (2421) , Project Manager (2323) , Senior Software Engineer (2036) , Senior Consultant (1846) , Consultant (1844) , IT Specialist (1112) , Application Developer (1105) , Associate Systems Engineer (1030) , Business Analyst (1025) , Systems Engineer (871) , Manager (850) , Managing Consultant (847) , Intern (824)

What are the pros of working at IBM according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and good to be able to work from home although that’s often at the discretion of your manager" ((in 11071 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5018 reviews)); "Flexible timings and work from home options but again that depends on the kind of project we are working." ((in 4386 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3411 reviews)); "Good benefits backed by a solid fortune 50 company with world class products and services." ((in 3328 reviews))

What are the cons of working at IBM according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and the increment was less than 2% even top performer unless you got band promotion" ((in 5355 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2173 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 2006 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1779 reviews)); "Poor leadership: One senior exec's ego is much larger than his brain; no longer values employees." ((in 612 reviews))

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4.4

99% would recommend to a friend

(51 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

100% approve of CEO

98% positive business outlook

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IT Applications Programmer employees have rated IBM with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 51 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most IT Applications Programmer professionals have an excellent working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by IT Applications Programmer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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51 reviews

2.0

Jun 14, 2012

Don't expect to work on anything outside of company work

Applications engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

401k match is the best I've ever seen (6%)

Cons

must sign away your soul dictates what you can and cannot do in your personal time claims ownership of things you accomplish in your personal time insurance plan is expensive

2.0

Jun 11, 2012

Boring

Applications engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You can work there forever.

Cons

Red tape. Red tape everywhere.

3.0

Jun 5, 2012

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.

Applications programmer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You will get good opportunities to work on different types of technologies and platform.

Cons

You will face a lot of competition as it is a very large organization. Also, increments are average.

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