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

Advisory Software Engineer professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 3.8 out of 5 stars in 555 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of IBM employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Advisory Software Engineer Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Advisory Software Engineer interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Advisory Software Engineer employees well?

Advisory Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 555 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is equal to the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Advisory Software Engineer salaries at IBM.

How happy are Advisory Software Engineer professionals working at IBM?

78% of Advisory Software Engineer employees at IBM would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 5% in the past 12 months. Advisory Software Engineer professionals have also rated IBM with a 4.2 rating for work-life-balance, 4.3 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.9 rating for culture and values and 3.4 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 11024 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 4994 reviews)); "IBM Canada provides flexible work hours and one can work from home almost all the time." ((in 4351 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3396 reviews)); "Good benefits; IBM prides itself on being a leader in Healthcare Benefits and incentives for healthy living." ((in 3327 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 5427 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2180 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 2008 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1778 reviews)); "Poor Leadership; Weak Execution; Benefits to employees are getting worse; Money spent on dividends instead of R&D." ((in 615 reviews))

IBM Advisory Software Engineer reviews

3.8

78% would recommend to a friend

(555 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

39% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

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Software Engineer, Advisory employees have rated IBM with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 555 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer, Advisory professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer, Advisory professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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555 reviews

4.0

Sep 12, 2025

Employee friendly company but slow paced

Advisory software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good culture Work life balance Open and honest communication

Cons

Low Salary Slow paced Difficult to grow

5.0

Sep 5, 2025

Good place to learn

Advisory software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good base pay and benefits. Poor bonus structure

Cons

Hard to move up. They hire younger people to push more experience people out

3.0

Aug 19, 2025

Good company for learning and exposure

Advisory software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lot of projects and teams in India, good company to join as fresher and learn Good exposure to lot of technology, cloud, AI etc

Cons

Promotion and career growth in terms of payhikes and title change and responsibility tend to be slow After 10 years depending on team, growth can stagnate Everything is mercy of manager, bad manager can mess up ur pay hikes. Promotion etc

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