Is IBM a good company to work for as a Senior Software Engineer?

Senior Software Engineer professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 3.9 out of 5 stars in 2,154 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of IBM employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Senior Software Engineer Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Senior Software Engineer interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Senior Software Engineer employees well?

Senior Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 2,154 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is equal to the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Senior Software Engineer salaries and benefits at IBM .

How happy are Senior Software Engineer professionals working at IBM?

82% of Senior Software Engineer employees at IBM would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 2% in the past 12 months. Senior Software Engineer professionals have also rated IBM with a 4.1 rating for work-life-balance, 4.1 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.0 rating for culture and values and 3.8 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at IBM?

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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 11071 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5043 reviews)); "Flexible schedules and work from home opportunities are really good." ((in 4365 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3401 reviews)); "Good benefits; IBM prides itself on being a leader in Healthcare Benefits and incentives for healthy living." ((in 3332 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 5412 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2175 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 2014 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1725 reviews)); "Poor Leadership; Weak Execution; Benefits to employees are getting worse; Money spent on dividends instead of R&D." ((in 612 reviews))

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3.9

82% would recommend to a friend

(2,154 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

74% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

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4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Culture & values

3.8

Career opportunities

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Senior management

Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,154 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0

Jul 18, 2015

Sam and Ginni killed this company

Senior software engineer

Recommend

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Pros

Many smart and hard working individual contributors, was a decent place to work in early to mid 2000's.

Cons

Weak and short sighted upper management. Lack of ethical and transparent middle and upper management. Too much back stabbing and turf grabbing. Yearly review process is a scam. The merit increases are a woeful joke. Much lower pay compared to the rest of the industry.

5.0

Jul 9, 2015

It's still a very good place to work

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Enormous flexibility but IBM is huge and my experience may differ from those in other organizations/geographies.

Cons

It's a huge company, this can't be ignored. There is a fair amount of bureaucracy that I expect exists at any company of this size (400,000+ employees)

2.0

Jul 8, 2015

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Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

For those interested in trying different things, lateral movement is still possible, though not as much as it used to be. As a large company, IBM has lots of resources.

Cons

You are worked hard without much credit/compensation. If you're not in sales or marketing, you are treated merely as a fungible resource. It's a somewhat stodgy company. They try to do modern things, like agile development, but that philosophy doesn't go very high up the management chain.

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