Does IBM pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, IBM employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at IBM. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at IBM?

78% of IBM employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated IBM 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at IBM?

Software Engineer (4346) , Applications Developer (2909) , Software Developer (2417) , Project Manager (2321) , Senior Software Engineer (2036) , 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 (822)

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 11032 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 4990 reviews)); "Flexible timings and work from home option(i gotta laptop thats why i enjoy this privilege)" ((in 4344 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3462 reviews)); "Good benefits backed by a solid fortune 50 company with world class products and services." ((in 3348 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 5394 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2181 reviews)); "Low pay with joke of a raise every year (if you even get one)." ((in 1999 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1735 reviews)); "Poor Leadership; Weak Execution; Benefits to employees are getting worse; Money spent on dividends instead of R&D." ((in 613 reviews))

What are employees saying about IBM layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about IBM layoffs and their outlook for job security at IBM in 2026.

What are the top reviewed IBM locations?

Wien , Münster , Zwettl-Niederösterreich

IBM reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,237 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

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IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,237 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The IBM employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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107K reviews

4.0

Dec 21, 2008

Extensive opportunities but top ranks are very closed (and close to retirement).

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Well developed training and skills development helps career development.

Cons

Huge size makes it difficult to keep on top of what is going on. Top ranks are extremely difficult to attain, and heavily populated by a population close to retirement.

4.0

Dec 21, 2008

IBM is a fast-paced company that has highly-skilled employees that work on challenging tasks at a decent salary.

Intern software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Motivating job: IBM gives interesting challenges that you won't find in some companies * Flexibility: can work from home, or even from another country. * Collaboration tools: Working at IBM gives you the chance to use many collaboration tools such as Sametime, Rational Team Concert and e-Meetings. * Salary and benefits: decent salary and benefits.

Cons

* Lack of structure. Our team didn't apply most of the techniques proposed by agile and other processes. We didn't even had iterations. * Management is mostly composed of non-technical employees. * Lack of communication between management, marketing, development, user experience and testing. Every department is isolated from the other. * Microsoft offers a better salary.

4.0

Dec 21, 2008

An IBMer view - SWG

Program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A solid, established company, a leader in its industry. Large enough company to offer many different career options.

Cons

Huge, bueauracratic, and very political at times.

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