IBM Software Developer reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,744 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 5,744 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
4.0
Feb 9, 2026

Good place to work at ISL

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexibility, no micro management, helpful people around

Cons

not the best hike/gdp, not the best stock options w.r.t experience

3.0
Feb 7, 2026

Culture

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The annual pay you receive.

Cons

IBM Cloud career growth isn't great. Social and racial bias embedded within the org. Fellow co-workers form cliques. Along with minimal career growth follows minimal chances of raises and leveling up the bands.

2.0
Feb 4, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- no swipe in and swipe out - 3 days office policy

Cons

-likely you will be removed within a year or 2 ( during multiple reorgs) -very unsafe place as an employee escp if you cant do politics and just want to focus on work -so much mental pressure escp in IBM product divisions -many manager do not have clear english accent, you can't understand what they want -managers are competing with employees keep technical team away from MBA like expectation, you are wasting tech talent

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