IBM Staff Development Engineer reviews

Salaries are somewhat under-market. IBM also relies on a lot of custom internal tooling and somewhat dated infrastructure. They're in the process of updating their infrastructure, but the custom tooling is both a benefit and a drawback - in chip development it's a source of competitive advantage, but it also provides less transferable skillsets if you later leave the company. The larger tools are generally well-documented, but for the smaller ones your mileage may vary. Teams are also rather lean, but this is improving as IBM has recently started hiring again.

-The work largely doesnt help anyone who needs help -Long hours/unpaid overtime -Aged employee base means the next 5 years will be difficult as they begin to retire