Is IBM a good company to work for as a Software Engineer?

Software Engineer professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 3.9 out of 5 stars in 3,804 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of IBM employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineer Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineer interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Software Engineer employees well?

Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.7 out of 5 stars based on 3,804 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.7% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineer salaries at IBM.

How happy are Software Engineer professionals working at IBM?

75% of Software Engineer employees at IBM would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 3% in the past 12 months. Software Engineer professionals have also rated IBM with a 4.1 rating for work-life-balance, 4.1 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.9 rating for culture and values and 3.8 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at IBM?

Software Engineer (4347) , Applications Developer (2909) , Software Developer (2421) , Project Manager (2323) , Senior Software Engineer (2036) , Senior Consultant (1846) , Consultant (1844) , IT Specialist (1112) , Application Developer (1105) , Associate Systems Engineer (1030) , Business Analyst (1025) , Systems Engineer (871) , Manager (850) , Managing Consultant (847) , Intern (824)

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 11036 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 4993 reviews)); "Flexible timings and work from home option(i gotta laptop thats why i enjoy this privilege)" ((in 4373 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3387 reviews)); "Good benefits; IBM prides itself on being a leader in Healthcare Benefits and incentives for healthy living." ((in 3339 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 5445 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2166 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 2000 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1746 reviews)); "Poor leadership: One senior exec's ego is much larger than his brain; no longer values employees." ((in 624 reviews))

IBM Software Engineer reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(3,804 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

63% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

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Software Engineer I employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,804 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer I professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer I professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0

Feb 9, 2026

Good place to work at ISL

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexibility, no micro management, helpful people around

Cons

not the best hike/gdp, not the best stock options w.r.t experience

3.0

Feb 7, 2026

Culture

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The annual pay you receive.

Cons

IBM Cloud career growth isn't great. Social and racial bias embedded within the org. Fellow co-workers form cliques. Along with minimal career growth follows minimal chances of raises and leveling up the bands.

2.0

Feb 4, 2026

so many reorgs within a year(>4)

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- no swipe in and swipe out - 3 days office policy

Cons

-likely you will be removed within a year or 2 ( during multiple reorgs) -very unsafe place as an employee escp if you cant do politics and just want to focus on work -so much mental pressure escp in IBM product divisions -many manager do not have clear english accent, you can't understand what they want -managers are competing with employees keep technical team away from MBA like expectation, you are wasting tech talent

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