Is IBM a good company to work for as a Software Architect - Technical Lead?

Software Architect - Technical Lead professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 1,028 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of IBM employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Architect - Technical Lead Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Architect - Technical Lead interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Software Architect - Technical Lead employees well?

Software Architect - Technical Lead professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 1,028 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is equal to the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Architect - Technical Lead salaries at IBM.

How happy are Software Architect - Technical Lead professionals working at IBM?

82% of Software Architect - Technical Lead employees at IBM would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 5% in the past 12 months. Software Architect - Technical Lead professionals have also rated IBM with a 4.1 rating for work-life-balance, 4.3 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.2 rating for culture and values and 3.8 rating for career opportunities.

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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 11055 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5064 reviews)); "Flexible timings and work from home option(i gotta laptop thats why i enjoy this privilege)" ((in 4391 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3459 reviews)); "Good benefits backed by a solid fortune 50 company with world class products and services." ((in 3290 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 5388 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2173 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 1997 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1746 reviews)); "Poor Leadership; Weak Execution; Benefits to employees are getting worse; Money spent on dividends instead of R&D." ((in 615 reviews))

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4.0

82% would recommend to a friend

(1,028 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

72% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

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4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.8

Career opportunities

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Senior management

Technical Lead/Software Architect employees have rated IBM with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,028 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Technical Lead/Software Architect professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Technical Lead/Software Architect professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0

Jun 8, 2010

IBM Sales and Distribution in SWG

Solution architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Career development Access to knowledge IBM technology, IBM Research

Cons

Shift is away from rewarding software sales teams even though deals are complex Reviews are based on relative peformance, so in a small team, even though metrics are hit, IBM gets squirrely, reviews are right out of a Dilbert comic script IBM peforms funny math on quota attainment, OTE and they take away base salary only to have you "earn" it back under the compensation plan

2.0

Apr 2, 2010

IBM India review

Architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible hours of working.Good network of knowledge resources.

Cons

Lack of career progression.Employee career aspirations are forsaken for the sake of project.Absolute non transparency in perks and benefit policies.Neither quality of work nor good compensation. Fitment for existing employees on par with the lateral hires is very absurd.Overall, not a good company if one wants to pursue in a technical stream. Only managers can do well here.

3.0

Feb 2, 2010

Big Blue hasn't changed

Solutions architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay and benefits, environment very professional, opportunity for continuing education are abundant, customer is of utmost importance as is the image and reputation of IBM

Cons

Egos are plentiful as Type A personalities are abundant. The use of the work I is more common than WE.

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