Is IBM a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 3.9 out of 5 stars in 5,756 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of IBM employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.7 out of 5 stars based on 5,756 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.7% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at IBM.

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at IBM?

78% of Software Developer employees at IBM would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 3% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated IBM with a 4.1 rating for work-life-balance, 4.2 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.0 rating for culture and values and 3.9 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at IBM?

Software Engineer (4351) , Applications Developer (2909) , Software Developer (2421) , Project Manager (2323) , Senior Software Engineer (2038) , Senior Consultant (1846) , Consultant (1845) , IT Specialist (1112) , Application Developer (1105) , Associate Systems Engineer (1030) , Business Analyst (1025) , Systems Engineer (871) , Manager (850) , Managing Consultant (848) , Intern (825)

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 11034 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5071 reviews)); "Flexible timings and work from home options but again that depends on the kind of project we are working." ((in 4363 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3428 reviews)); "Good benefits; IBM prides itself on being a leader in Healthcare Benefits and incentives for healthy living." ((in 3315 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 5372 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2158 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 1984 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1742 reviews)); "Poor leadership: One senior exec's ego is much larger than his brain; no longer values employees." ((in 613 reviews))

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3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(5,756 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

70% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Culture & values

3.9

Career opportunities

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Senior management

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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3.0

Jan 25, 2014

IBM Research Software Engineer Job

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Relax atmosphere, Not so many deadline pressure

Cons

Not so much focus on Software development, Can be out-dated from state of art software development

2.0

Jan 23, 2014

Been working for IBM for almost 3 years.

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

nice to have on resume, possibility to meet some nice, skilled people

Cons

politics, scrambling to get things done, lack of communication, overworked and overtasked, replacing seniors with cheap and inexperienced labor which leads to poor quality software

2.0

Jan 23, 2014

Layers of politics and managers covering very deficient products

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It looks good in your CV. Decent work life balance and relaxed environment. Very low expectations overall.

Cons

It is a monster-company and sometimes it looks like it is out of control. Products and services are generally outdated and their features overlap resulting in huge inefficiencies. Nobody can be bothered to care about that -there is pressure to work on your small-picture area- and it would be useless anyway since the scale of the technical field has grown way beyond tractability. Also, hordes of managers not really adding much value.

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