IBM Software Developer reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,748 total reviews)
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70% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Software Engineer/Developer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,748 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
Mar 17, 2011

Okay

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great vacation package, health, 401k

Cons

Promotions and bonuses are based on performance review. The company encourage team work but the ranking system forces everyone to look out for themselves. Diversity is not well supported in some areas. Jobs are being outsourced and too many layoff in the last couples of years.

4.0
Mar 15, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

IBM was a great place to work because of all the information sharing and availability of all employees through out the company. I was amazed to find out that almost 40% of IBM's software developers work remotely. This being said IBM makes all employees available to everyone for questioning. Don't know Perl? There is an IBM community dedicated to learning Perl where professionals share their opinions. This also follows for many other technologies.

Cons

Since I was just a co-op the project was a "nice to have" feature on a main product line. While the work was challenging, engaging, and fun, I couldn't help but feel that this might not make it into a release. And if it was to be released it wasn't going to be for a long while and they'll probably just have to re-write it since a lot of the product will have changed since then.

4.0
Mar 10, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Good work life balance 2. Great brand name 3. Lot of options to move 4. Work freedom 5. Innovation is allowed

Cons

1. Disconnected management 2. Less responsibility 3. No clear understanding/segregation of duties 4. Numerous procedures 5. Software products not organised or optimised for work.

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