IBM Software Developer reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(5,756 total reviews)
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70% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Software Engineer/Developer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,756 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer/Developer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer/Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
4.0
Feb 7, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

You can learn a ton of things that are IT related. People are serious about their jobs.

Cons

Management persecute employees after "warm" discussions. I witnessed 2 employees giving up on the job because of that. They lay you off for no reason at all and they are very confused as far as second line and first line managers interactions.

3.0
Feb 5, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Job stability is huge. You get paid a salary while on the bench between jobs, and you can choose your own path, completely separate from what your focus was in undergrad.

Cons

Many projects are plagued with inefficient workflows. IBM is still handing out Lenovos with windows XP as of 2011. Pay raises take forever and are based on time waited, not performance. If you have low performance, it's used as an excuse to keep you from a pay raise though.

5.0
Feb 4, 2014

Great learning environment

Recommend
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Pros

- Flat hierarchy - Respectful/Friendly colleagues - Much learning opportunities - Self time-management

Cons

- Too comfortable - Not much real development, mostly maintaining/servicing task

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