Is IBM a good company to work for as a Principal Software Engineer?

Principal Software Engineer professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 3.2 out of 5 stars in 22 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of IBM employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Principal Software Engineer Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Principal Software Engineer interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Principal Software Engineer employees well?

Principal Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 2.8 out of 5 stars based on 22 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 25% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Principal Software Engineer salaries at IBM.

How happy are Principal Software Engineer professionals working at IBM?

6% of Principal Software Engineer employees at IBM would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 93% in the past 12 months. Principal Software Engineer professionals have also rated IBM with a 3.7 rating for work-life-balance, 3.1 rating for diversity and inclusion, 2.8 rating for culture and values and 3.4 rating for career opportunities.

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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))

IBM Principal Software Engineer reviews

3.2

6% would recommend to a friend

(22 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

5% approve of CEO

6% positive business outlook

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Principal Software Engineer employees have rated IBM with 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 22 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

22 reviews

5.0

Jul 16, 2020

Very Good

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very Good company to work with

Cons

Growth in higher management band

5.0

Jun 9, 2020

Principal software Engineer.

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good working experience in IBM office.

Cons

High performance computing device in the IBM office.

2.0

Nov 9, 2019

Irresponsible, UnAccountable and Egoistic Managerial Organization

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Global organization. Work Life Balance. People in IBM US are much better.

Cons

IBM India is only good for Managers. Technically Incapable people lying since long time in IBM, who are just aware of IBM internal process, are facilitated to managerial roles. Then they work for their Ego satisfaction and destroys the quality of overall products.

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