IBM Staff Development Engineer reviews

4.1

95% would recommend to a friend

(59 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

100% approve of CEO

94% positive business outlook

Staff Development Engineer employees have rated IBM with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 59 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Staff Development Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Staff Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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59 reviews
2.0
Aug 18, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Paid vacation is on par with other companies. Management is flexible with starting/stopping times, but expects employee to work 40+ hours Starting salary and on par with other companies Great selling point on resume

Cons

Cost of living increases are infrequent ( 1 every 3 years) Yearly performance bonuses are small (1 - 2%) Senior management is at odds with efforts of employees Training and education is non-existent

4.0
Jul 13, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

IBM has been around longer than any other IT company and for good reason -- it hires some of the best and brightest people in the industry, and the senior management isn't completely dumb. Benefits of working at IBM include great flexibility (results-oriented environment), liberal view of technologies (you can bring your own Mac or smartphone to use at work, and no websites are ever blocked), and a decent benefits package including automatic 401k contribution, 100% match up to 6%, and free access to financial planners. The senior management hasn't completely screwed up -- the company is turning a healthy profit and those who haven't been laid off have not seen a salary cut.

Cons

This isn't your father's IBM. There's no paternal feeling anymore where the company would take care of the employees from cradle to grave. The pension is gone. Salary is middle of the road. Promotions, for young people, are hard to come by due to lack of attrition by older workers. To be a rock star, you really have to have a "sponsor" and be in the right place at the right time.

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