Is IBM a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 3.9 out of 5 stars in 5,749 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of IBM employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.7 out of 5 stars based on 5,749 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.7% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at IBM.

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at IBM?

78% of Software Developer employees at IBM would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 3% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated IBM with a 4.1 rating for work-life-balance, 4.2 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.0 rating for culture and values and 3.9 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at IBM?

Software Engineer (4346) , Applications Developer (2909) , Software Developer (2418) , Project Manager (2322) , Senior Software Engineer (2036) , Senior Consultant (1845) , Consultant (1843) , IT Specialist (1112) , Application Developer (1105) , Associate Systems Engineer (1030) , Business Analyst (1025) , Systems Engineer (871) , Manager (850) , Managing Consultant (848) , Intern (822)

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 11002 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 4963 reviews)); "Flexible schedules and work from home opportunities are really good." ((in 4399 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3406 reviews)); "Good benefits backed by a solid fortune 50 company with world class products and services." ((in 3295 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 5383 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2186 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results." ((in 2024 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1732 reviews)); "Poor Leadership; Weak Execution; Benefits to employees are getting worse; Money spent on dividends instead of R&D." ((in 617 reviews))

IBM Software Developer reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(5,749 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

70% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

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Software Engineer/Developer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,749 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer/Developer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer/Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews

4.0

Oct 25, 2025

Work good, culture like startup

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good learning opportunity since IBM software labs department is mostly focused on launching new and innovative products. So you will get to do POCs, and from scratch project development. Juniors also get good opportunity to technically lead the team of even seniors.

Cons

Work culture is very bad, it's like startup where everyone blames others for release delays or some breaking code. No work life balance, manager can ask to work after working hours and even on weekends.

4.0

Oct 24, 2025

6 months completed at ibm isl

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good experience till, getting good projects to work on and gaining experience on spring and react co-workers are friendly and helpful office space is nice good work life balance

Cons

no bad things to say till now

5.0

Oct 24, 2025

Good

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

work life balance is good

Cons

everything is good, no cons I can think of

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