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 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 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

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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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478 reviews

1.0

Mar 28, 2009

Run if you can

Staff software engineer

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CEO approval

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Pros

Telecommuting was very much supported but this support is being withdrawn, pushing employees to resume commuting to physical offices.

Cons

Operates on a "need to know" basis. May work for the CIA but it doesn't work in an ever-changing business environment. When the company was purchased by IBM, the change was like being crushed by an army tank. The bureaucracy has reached unbelievable levels. 60 hour work weeks have become the norm. Meeting are being scheduled on Saturdays and Sundays. Engineers work all night long; submitting code at 3am is considered normal.

3.0

Mar 15, 2009

An excellent place for IT graduates, both those with passion and those pursuing a stable position.

Staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

stable as a regular in IBM good reputation of IBM

Cons

salary is not very competitive, compared to other companies

2.0

Mar 10, 2009

IBM isn't that great of a place to work.

Staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There are good discounts with business partners. It looks good on a resume when you look for a new job (and most of us inevitably will).

Cons

Layoffs even when the company's profits are in the billions. The CEO describes layoffs as 'business as usual'. We're expected to create world-class products using worthless, freebie tools that don't work properly. Managers change jobs regularly every two years, leading to instability in every group. Quotas in performance reviews stop careers from progressing. The internal financial results our bonuses are based on are always somehow lower than the public results, so our bonuses are always lower than projected.

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