IBM Software Developer reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(5,754 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

70% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Software Engineer/Developer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,754 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
Jun 29, 2013

software engineer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

great company to work for, give you lots of room to grow

Cons

needs to take initiative , communicate more with team members

3.0
Jun 28, 2013

Investor Friendly Company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some of the teams work on cutting edge software technology and work could be very interesting.

Cons

Beware of working on legacy teams. They can cut the projects based on projected revenue and would end up searching for new teams.

3.0
Jun 25, 2013

Pros & Cons both

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good work&life balance. Good working atmosphere.

Cons

Pay is relatively low. Too restrict to one skill and project. Code quality in some old product seems quite bad now and hard to maintain.

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