IBM Software Developer reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,748 total reviews)
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70% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Software Engineer Developer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,748 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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4.0
Jan 5, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Compared to other tech companies ibm is relatively stable and the chances of getting laid of are smaller. ibm is fairly flexible about work hours and working from home, however this depends a lot on your manager. Benefits are ok. In general if you work hard, you will be rewarded. smart engineers. stock is still doing good considering the tough econmic times

Cons

lots of work, long hours

3.0
Dec 23, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexibility and work from home. Management doesn't care when you come in or go out so you are pretty much free to do whatever you want, very useful if you have some obligations in the middle of the day like picking up a kid from daycare.

Cons

Extra long hours, no OT, crappy promotions, crappy bonus, crappy raises, management doesn't seem to know what's going on when important decisions come from above nor do they seem to know/care about who's doing what in their teams save a few people.

2.0
Nov 21, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

IBM is a good place for a diverse experience across a wide range of areas. I

Cons

Stagnant advancement, poor communication with management, older workforce. have been here for less than a year and have received very little feedback and very little contact with management. Opportunity to grow and move up seems to be very difficult because people tend to stay around for a long time. There was very little growth which also limited career advancement. The work force average age is rather high and people seem to be set in their ways of doing things rather being inovative. Instead of looking for new ways to approcah problems they stick to what they know.

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