IBM Senior Software Engineer reviews

3.9

82% would recommend to a friend

(2,154 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

74% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

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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2.0
Jul 8, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of learning resources, decent benefits, good work/life balance.

Cons

Terrible corporate politics and policies, official company policy is to replace all its "non-essential" NA staff with people from developing countries. Performance rating system is seriously flawed and pits employees against one another instead of encouraging collaboration. Starting salary was reasonable but increases are less than inflation and the company no longer pays for overtime in Canada.

2.0
Jul 6, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible work schedule including work from home as needed/desired

Cons

Management at all levels renege on their promises, from earned retirement pensions and medical benefits to earned comp-time. For example, at 2nd line management direct request I put in over 400 hours of unpaid overtime over a 3 month period to help get a hot project out and when I went to use the banked time after project completion, per prior management agreement, management denied it and allowed me to have NOTHING. Working 60+ hours per week, my raises average 1.1% for the last 4 years. Insufficient return on investment for this job.

1.0
Jun 25, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, nice work and promising career prospects

Cons

No money for anything, offices are dark with no sun light, Developers are forced to hot desk which is difficult with lockers, monitors not allowed to personalise your desk. Miserable environment.

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