IBM Software Development Manager reviews

3.7

90% would recommend to a friend

(68 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

95% approve of CEO

87% positive business outlook

Software Development Manager employees have rated IBM with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 68 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Manager professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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68 reviews
3.0
May 4, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent salary, good benefits, smart people. If you do an good job and are willing to give a good part of your life to helping the company, they will compensate very well.

Cons

They are increasingly treating their employees like 'tools' instead of humans. Respect for the individual used to be a core principle from founder Tom Watson but they have strayed from that over the years

3.0
Sep 12, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people to work with, bright and interested minds. Interesting technology and doing some of the most interesting IT work for businesses in the world. Good graduate program. Good flexible working policies.

Cons

The review process is directly linked to pay rises and bonuses. This does reflect a high performing culture but has downsides when it runs for a long time. So some people perform a good job but do not receive payrises year after year.

4.0
Mar 26, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

IBM encourages development of innovation technologies and products. There is opportunity if you really seek it out. and because they are so big there are lots of directions in which you can steer your career. There are a lot of really talented people who work for IBM and a strong network of women. The pay and benefits are competative.

Cons

It's BIG. There can be a fair amount of beaurocacy and sometimes getting the right thing done takes enourmous effort. There are still some pockets of old-school philosophy (comand and control instead of empower and trust.)

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