IBM Software Developer reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,743 total reviews)
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70% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,743 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Mar 7, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good corporate culture promoting self-growth. Excellent intranet with daily news regarding what's going on in the organization. Great networking functionality and connectivity software. Work in various cross-functional teams with smart and experienced people. Good work life balance and friendly co-workers.

Cons

Somewhat lack of transparency from upper management regarding direction of the company.

2.0
Mar 6, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You can work from home a lot of the time and while in different cities. There are lots of training (classes) provided by IBM you can take. Managers are flexible on you taking time off work to take care of person errands. After IBM your resume will have lots of name recognition.

Cons

They have been gradually outsourcing lots of software development work to India and China. Its only a matter of time before they will no longer have software developers here in the US. PBC ratings completely unfair. Management basically rates your performance against the entire organization and not individual performance.

3.0
Feb 20, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The total compensation package is good and there are plenty of good people to work for and with. There's a wide variety of work to do within IBM, so there are sometimes good opportunities to change jobs internally.

Cons

Not the stable job it once was. Regular layoffs are a matter of course now, and indications are that those jobs will move overseas and not return to the US. Since IBM seems more interested in buying new technology instead of creating it, you're better off being in a company bought by IBM if you want new technology experience. IBM cares much more about the stock and how the world perceives it than how employees feel about the company, and that leads to poor products and support.

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