Is IBM a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 3.9 out of 5 stars in 5,748 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of IBM employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.7 out of 5 stars based on 5,748 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.7% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at IBM.

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at IBM?

77% of Software Developer employees at IBM would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 3% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated IBM with a 4.1 rating for work-life-balance, 4.2 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.0 rating for culture and values and 3.9 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at IBM?

Software Engineer (4346) , Applications Developer (2909) , Software Developer (2417) , Project Manager (2320) , Senior Software Engineer (2035) , Senior Consultant (1845) , Consultant (1841) , IT Specialist (1112) , Application Developer (1105) , Associate Systems Engineer (1030) , Business Analyst (1025) , Systems Engineer (871) , Manager (850) , Managing Consultant (848) , Intern (821)

What are the pros of working at IBM according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and good to be able to work from home although that’s often at the discretion of your manager" ((in 10971 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5046 reviews)); "Flexible timings and work from home option(i gotta laptop thats why i enjoy this privilege)" ((in 4376 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3416 reviews)); "Good benefits; IBM prides itself on being a leader in Healthcare Benefits and incentives for healthy living." ((in 3350 reviews))

What are the cons of working at IBM according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and the increment was less than 2% even top performer unless you got band promotion" ((in 5448 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2172 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 2010 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1737 reviews)); "Poor Leadership; Weak Execution; Benefits to employees are getting worse; Money spent on dividends instead of R&D." ((in 604 reviews))

IBM Software Developer reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,748 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

70% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

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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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6K reviews

3.0

Nov 28, 2010

decent place to work if you don't stay forever

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Exposure to/dealings with lots of Fortune 500-level companies as customers (worldwide actually), opportunity for experience with many major enterprise technologies (IBM's and other proprietary vendors, as well as open source): DB2, WebSphere, Eclipse, AIX, ClearCase, etc.

Cons

Fairly bureaucratic. The customer focus mandated from top management means that technological innovation is considered less important, despite company lip service to "innovation jams" and the like. Sometimes innovation seems to be a non-goal, other than for frequent reminders to file for patents.

3.0

Oct 30, 2010

Progress for new hires in DB2 LUW in SVL Lab

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Diverse opportunities to work on different technologies.

Cons

Very slow pace of career and compensation progress.

3.0

Oct 2, 2010

Nice Company to work with

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

global mnc and well respected name

Cons

low salary, limited on site opportunity

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