IBM Advisory Software Engineer reviews

3.8

78% would recommend to a friend

(555 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

39% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Software Engineer, Advisory employees have rated IBM with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 555 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer, Advisory professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer, Advisory professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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555 reviews
3.0
Dec 14, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Pay, flexible work schedule, access to brilliant minds! Had the privilege of working with some great individuals.

Cons

Pitting team against team, performance measurement tools did not give managers enough leeway.... Line managers really had very little say in employee reviews and compensation - ..Teamwork was promoted, however not supported . Cost reduction trumped quality every time! Focus was way too much on short term rather than long term goals.

4.0
Dec 7, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get to work with some of the most talented people in the world. Highly diverse workforce. Great benefits. Unique and very professional culture.

Cons

High stress at times. Many times cuts are made in personnel with remaining personnel expected to pick up the workload. Work/Life balance is stressed, but difficult or impossible to achieve.

2.0
Dec 4, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are really nice and the people who do work locally are all very bright and dedicated.

Cons

I worked for a company that was acquired by IBM. While IBM has a lot of talented people working for it, it quickly became apparent that as a highly paid engineer at IBM you are considered a liability. We were actively interviewing engineers in India and Singapore to replace us and we told to expect yearly layoffs. They delivered on that promise. To say the mood was sour is an understatement. The worst part is the quality of our products suffered greatly and eventually there will be no one in the U.S. who actually knows how the software works.

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