IBM Software Developer reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(5,752 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 5,752 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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1.0
May 29, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

work from home option.i did not get pros in this company.

Cons

its one of the worst HR policies in world.if you want i can write in pen and paper. All policies are worst not even to standards of small companies. If you do chamcha giri,then you will survive. No hike for 5 years. All policy and process like BCG,PBC,RETALTION are only in paper. worst paymaster ig u stay 10 years you wont get any hike

2.0
May 23, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

By and large, fantastic co-workers. Some wonderful projects, technically very interesting. Development environment is a smoothly oiled machine that can be highly productive. Fellow IBMers, by and large, very supportive when their management doesn't stop them.

Cons

Mediocre middle-managers. Some major, expensive technical decisions made to advance personal careers at the expense of the company. If you are not in a 'hot' area (currently anything with 'analytics' in the title) then it's challenging to get funding, and without money life becomes grim, even if the area is profitable or essential for other areas. In the last 8 years it has increasingly felt like the Soviet Union, where fear becomes a primary motivational tool. Managers are easily fooled by ambitious employees. Your time is better spent working on some minor (and typically low-value) project that helps the manager than actually improving the product, or fixing customer problems.

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