Is IBM a good company to work for as a Staff Software Developer?

Staff Software Developer professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 3.6 out of 5 stars in 478 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of IBM employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Staff Software Developer Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Staff Software Developer interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Staff Software Developer employees well?

Staff Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.3 out of 5 stars based on 478 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 8.7% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Staff Software Developer salaries at IBM.

How happy are Staff Software Developer professionals working at IBM?

63% of Staff Software Developer employees at IBM would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 20% in the past 12 months. Staff Software Developer professionals have also rated IBM with a 3.9 rating for work-life-balance, 3.7 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.5 rating for culture and values and 3.5 rating for career opportunities.

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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 10942 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5079 reviews)); "Flexible timings and work from home option(i gotta laptop thats why i enjoy this privilege)" ((in 4382 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3418 reviews)); "Good benefits backed by a solid fortune 50 company with world class products and services." ((in 3368 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 5423 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2154 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 2023 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1726 reviews)); "Poor Leadership; Weak Execution; Benefits to employees are getting worse; Money spent on dividends instead of R&D." ((in 618 reviews))

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IBM Staff Software Developer reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(478 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

51% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Culture & values

3.5

Career opportunities

3.3

Compensation and benefits

2.4

Senior management

Staff Software Developer employees have rated IBM with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 478 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Staff Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Staff Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0

Nov 10, 2009

IBM a great place to work for..

Staff software engineer

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Pros

Its a great place to work esp for women employee... Good benefits.. Pay is average, but you get a lot of good oportunities

Cons

Pay is not upto the market standards...

1.0

Oct 16, 2009

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Staff software engineer

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Pros

Decent salary and benefits compared to other available jobs in the area are the only reasons I can think of that might justify working at IBM nowadays.

Cons

IBM has lost all respect for it's employees. After working there for almost 36 years and always getting reviews ranging from "always far exceeds requirements" to "always exceeds requirements" I was suddenly told I was underperforming and was let go! It just so happens that there were 3 of us doing the job and I was the one with the most years (translation "highest paid"). It's just all about the bottom line now- no more concern for the employees at all!

4.0

Sep 21, 2009

Staff Software Engineer

Staff software engineer

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Pros

My area in AIM (middleware) offers some Interesting work assignments and special projects. I also get to interact with higher bands than peers in the same job family and band.

Cons

Unfortunately, there are too many project managers which confuses issues and prevents superior development from occurring. However, releases are still high quality and always release on-time.

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