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 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at IBM?

Software Engineer (4339) , Applications Developer (2897) , Software Developer (2410) , Project Manager (2319) , Senior Software Engineer (2033) , Senior Consultant (1842) , Consultant (1837) , IT Specialist (1112) , Application Developer (1103) , Associate Systems Engineer (1030) , Business Analyst (1025) , Systems Engineer (871) , Manager (850) , Managing Consultant (847) , 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 10944 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5013 reviews)); "Flexible timings and work from home option(i gotta laptop thats why i enjoy this privilege)" ((in 4370 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3428 reviews)); "Good benefits; IBM prides itself on being a leader in Healthcare Benefits and incentives for healthy living." ((in 3366 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 5422 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2179 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 1725 reviews)); "Poor leadership: One senior exec's ego is much larger than his brain; no longer values employees." ((in 614 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.

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3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(107,066 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.8

Career opportunities

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Senior management

IBM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 107,066 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

1.0

Jun 11, 2008

IBM on downward spiral.

Team leader

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Pros

Access to some of the most advanced equipment and techniques. It is very common to work from home.

Cons

Upper management has become extremely short sighted, focusing on the needs of tomorrow and not the long term future. Last year LEAN was implemented except that the only focus in LEAN was to remove staffing. If you read LEAN techniques it is about reducing staff but doing so in a way that removes excess work that doesn't add value. The staffing reduced is supposed to go into a short term position of handling documentation and process improvements, instead people were cut without all the detail work.

4.0

Jun 11, 2008

IBM is not perfect, but the best job I have worked in and I have worked in quite a few.

Executive it architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Can work at home. Casual dress unless at client and then its do in Rome as the Romans do. Many possible jobs to change to. Many different organizations to work in. More smart people than perhaps any other company. Great access to research. Decent benefits. Try to avoid layoffs. Great projects to work on. Always looking to work in the latest technology.

Cons

You can end up with way too much travel. Travel benefits suck. Cost savings seem to be more important than revenue growth. Such a big company makes it hard to find out who knows what. Many managers are incompetent.

3.0

Jun 11, 2008

still big but not blue

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Despite being big blue and all the connotations that come with that, it's still a great place to work with such a large organisation that does such varied products. the locations IBM has across the world is also a bonus in providing the ability to visit other cultures and countries. there are many opportunities for recognition both within the company and on a wider stage with the range of research IBM carries out. work life balance has been a struggle in the past but has improved through the use of our own technology and acquisition of technologies have also spurred the company on.

Cons

the size of the organisation can sometimes be overwhelming

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