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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6K reviews
3.0
May 17, 2013

good good good good good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good work-life balance Employee friendly Good work culture Opportunities to grow many ways Work from home option Good management management

Cons

I dont find any cons

2.0
May 11, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- being part of a very big company, with offices in many countries - the opportunity to work on products that are used by some of the world's biggest companies (in the case of working on the Cognos Business Intelligence platform) - the opportunity to choose another IBM office to work in, in the same or a different country, if the necessary conditions are met

Cons

In my opinion, IBM is a company with no ambition and a lot of red tape. There is a feeling of mediocrity and complacency in the company; a good indicator is in my opinion the fact that they insist on using Lotus Notes for mail / im, when there are far better and easier to use products available for free. This is just one of the examples of company practices that make no sense to most employees, and that seem to exist just in order to make your life more difficult. There is also a feeling of disregard for employees that are not management, and there are also too many managers in the company; a large percentage of them seem at least uninterested in their jobs, if not incompetent.

3.0
May 10, 2013

State owned company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

flexible working hours, relaxed working atmosphere

Cons

lower salary comparing with competitors, long working hours

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