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 5,741 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 5,741 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 and benefits at IBM .

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at IBM?

77% 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 (4343) , Applications Developer (2901) , Software Developer (2414) , Project Manager (2320) , Senior Software Engineer (2034) , Senior Consultant (1845) , Consultant (1840) , IT Specialist (1112) , Application Developer (1103) , Associate Systems Engineer (1030) , Business Analyst (1025) , Systems Engineer (871) , Manager (850) , Managing Consultant (848) , Intern (821)

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 10985 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5038 reviews)); "Flexible timings and work from home option(i gotta laptop thats why i enjoy this privilege)" ((in 4339 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3422 reviews)); "Good benefits; IBM prides itself on being a leader in Healthcare Benefits and incentives for healthy living." ((in 3320 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 5379 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2164 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 2020 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1713 reviews)); "Poor leadership: One senior exec's ego is much larger than his brain; no longer values employees." ((in 614 reviews))

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IBM Software Developer reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,741 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

70% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Culture & values

3.9

Career opportunities

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Senior management

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,741 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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5.0

Aug 14, 2008

Great place to make a career.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Many opportunities to move up in the company. Also, there are many positions to move laterally in the company. Working abroad is also available. The work environment is extremely professional and makes for a productive and exciting place to work. The company is big with over 300,000 employees all over the world. And it is possible to communicate with each employee easily and efficiently.

Cons

The only down side I can see is that because the company is so big, it is easy to get lost in the crowd. Other than that, I can no other downside to working for this company.

4.0

Aug 8, 2008

Great company, but you have to be patient working in IBM

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A good tempreture for balance your life and work. Not high presure, neither the pay. A really global company, with global oppotunity. Be a business consultant would be a good choice in IBM, which means good pay, travel oppotunity, flexible time, and more chance to get contact with the customers.

Cons

Too many people, too many process. Not too much oppotunity for people if you don't have much experience. IBM is transfering to a software company, and for the traditional field such as servers, it seems shrinking year by year.

3.0

Aug 2, 2008

OK place to work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good infrastructure, global corporation, very flexible company (hours).

Cons

Politics, politics, politics. Most of the jobs are doing some kind of software maintenance. Few new/good projects to work on.

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