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      IBM Software Developer reviews

      3.9

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (5,890 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      70% approve of CEO

      66% 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 employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,890 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      6K reviews
      3.0
      Aug 17, 2008

      Good company overall.

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good place for work/life balance. You have the flexibility to work from remotely or from home. Big company with many areas of opportunities to work in. The company rewards you for innovating and coming up with ideas that generate patents. The people are generally competent and easy to work with.

      Cons

      Large company with plenty of red tape. Sometimes can be very political. Working across groups and components can be challenging. There can be a lot of negotiating between groups on how to split revenue and this can hamper or completely halt a project. Different groups internally may have similar products that compete with each other.

      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.

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