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
2.0
Feb 28, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Into many area's of technology. Great colleagues and in general, good managers.

Cons

Compensation below industry average IBM does not expand / innovate, just buy other companies. Always Budget restrictions even though they go out and buy other companies..

3.0
Feb 24, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

excellent research done here, good benefits

Cons

bureaucratic procedures. things take a lot of time for approval. work is not uniformly interesting across groups -you have to be lucky to land in one that does cutting edge work

3.0
Feb 20, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good self-paced training resources, intelligent and helpful co-workers, casual work environment, flexible hours

Cons

Little to no advancement, horrible morale, ridiculous rating and review system (PBC), lack of resources

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