IBM Senior Software Engineer reviews

Mediocre salaries and declining benefits. Poor long term employment stability prospects. Generally old and uninspiring work environments. Mediocre cafeterias. Work weeks of 40 hours is not so. It's easily 50+ hours in any of the full time development jobs. People are frequently, though politely, asked to do whatever's needed to get the job done.

People on fast trackers must never say no to an idea. Often management has brought you an opportunity they think will help your career, rejecting it implicitly means you are rejecting their help and you will be punished for it. People not on the fast track are doomed to middling careers without much growth. You'll notice a huge gap between software development veterans (20+ years) and younger talent. This shows that IBM doesn't do a good job of keeping younger people happy as you progress in your career. The older folks are there because they can't find another job. The mid-career people are all gone because they realized there is no future except for a few fast trackers at senior, STSM or DE. The early career people are there because they don't know better yet.