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 2,153 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 2,153 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?

81% of Senior Software Engineer employees at IBM would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 3% in the past 12 months. Senior Software Engineer professionals have also rated IBM with a 4.0 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 10946 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5058 reviews)); "Flexible time for work and offers work from home depending on the project that you will be part of" ((in 4382 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3448 reviews)); "Good benefits; IBM prides itself on being a leader in Healthcare Benefits and incentives for healthy living." ((in 3309 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 5437 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2154 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 1985 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1750 reviews)); "Poor leadership: One senior exec's ego is much larger than his brain; no longer values employees." ((in 617 reviews))

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3.9

81% would recommend to a friend

(2,153 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

74% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

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4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Work/Life balance

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 2,153 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

Jun 1, 2010

Balkanized by Acquisitions

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of variety available. Access to vast resources, especially software.

Cons

Acquisitions, especially in remote locations, do not integrate with IBM culture. IBM is highly balkanized by its acquisition strategy. Very important to understand the culture of the acquired company. More so than IBM's. Acquisitions are very uneven in terms of talent, especially in senior management, who often do not know how to be effective in a large corporation. Cultural friction between acquisitions and corporate. Local senior management was outright hostile to corporate executive and senior management.

3.0

May 14, 2010

Good place for freshers

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance with flexible work hours and locations. Immense opportunities and resources to learn and advance skill sets.

Cons

There is a lot of office politics. Remuneration is sometimes not reflective of experience or ability but rather bargaining abilities.

2.0

Apr 16, 2010

Few Managers are screwing IBM employee satisfaction Value

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Trainings are available which is top notch. Process are there to restrict the employee to get anything. Salary compare to other org is very low

Cons

IBM should take the bottom up feedback very seriously. Some managers from Global Services are doing and defining the policies at there own will. Even for PBC they dont care to take the client feedback. everything which is my alone with few other colleagues personal opinion is that few managers makes the band salary based on the persons ability to satisfy him outside work. Even some account manager does not take the phone calls or there peers.

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