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 (2908) , 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 11075 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5041 reviews)); "Flexible time for work and offers work from home depending on the project that you will be part of" ((in 4357 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3435 reviews)); "Good benefits; IBM prides itself on being a leader in Healthcare Benefits and incentives for healthy living." ((in 3318 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 5397 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2163 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 2005 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1706 reviews)); "Poor Leadership; Weak Execution; Benefits to employees are getting worse; Money spent on dividends instead of R&D." ((in 605 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

(107,217 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 107,217 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).

Reviews by job title

107K reviews

4.0

Nov 2, 2008

Many opportunities and diverse jobs available

Consulting it specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

IBM is a really large company and there are many opportunities to do some interesting jobs. There are many chances for training ... as long as it's free and it's on your own time. IBM has some really good benefits, although they recently froze their pension plan, they do have a good 401K plan. If you don't have to be on a customer site, then IBM is a big believer in work@home.

Cons

In many parts of IBM, one has to constantly be worried about their job being off shored. Many jobs in IBM require onsite presence and/or weekly travel to customer sites. Many of the jobs are tied to customer contracts, so when contract ends or isn't renewed you have to find another job.

2.0

Nov 1, 2008

Poor compensation leads to poor morale

Managing consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Reputation, branding, diversity, wide variety of experts in many areas. Company is universally known so hopefully it will help former employees get their next jobs. Some opportunities exist to work from home although in the consulting group, too much time is spent at client sites and traveling.

Cons

Poor compensation, compensation is not tied to performance, bonuses are poor, unclear promotion and compensation criteria. In consulting, one of the advantages is supposed to the ability to be vendor neutral when recommending new systems for implementation. However IBM tries to force IBM hardware and software to its consulting services clients rather than going with the best vendor for a particular situation.

2.0

Oct 31, 2008

Beware while temporarily employed at IBM

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The best reasons to work at IBM is the starting salary they bring you in with. Compensation

Cons

IBM is outsourcing to China and India, replacing american workers with cheap labor from these countries. LEAN

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