Is IBM a good company to work for as a Physical Design Engineer?

Physical Design Engineer professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 26 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 Physical Design Engineer Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Physical Design Engineer interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Physical Design Engineer employees well?

Physical Design Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.2 out of 5 stars based on 26 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 11.8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Physical Design Engineer salaries at IBM.

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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 10942 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5079 reviews)); "Flexible timings and work from home option(i gotta laptop thats why i enjoy this privilege)" ((in 4382 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3418 reviews)); "Good benefits backed by a solid fortune 50 company with world class products and services." ((in 3368 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 5423 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2154 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 2023 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1726 reviews)); "Poor Leadership; Weak Execution; Benefits to employees are getting worse; Money spent on dividends instead of R&D." ((in 618 reviews))

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4.0

99% would recommend to a friend

(26 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

100% approve of CEO

99% positive business outlook

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4.6

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4.4

Work/Life balance

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.3

Career opportunities

4.2

Senior management

3.2

Compensation and benefits

Physical Design Engineer employees have rated IBM with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 26 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Physical Design Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Physical Design Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0

Mar 28, 2026

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Physical design engineer

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Pros

Good place to work at.

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located in quite secluded area.

4.0

Dec 2, 2025

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Physical design engineer

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CEO approval

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Pros

very friendly culture, gives you freedom to work and explore

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salary and the hikes are too low

4.0

Oct 14, 2025

Work Culture , Work Life Balance , Learning Timelines ,Learning opportunities

Senior physical design engineer

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CEO approval

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Pros

Work Culture , Work Life Balance, Leaning time lines

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Need some improvements in terms of Employee Benefits side

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