IBM Software Developer reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,766 total reviews)
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69% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Software Engineer/Developer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,766 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer/Developer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer/Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
May 28, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

-People are generally very friendly, -hours / work location is flexible. -not much need to travel

Cons

-Way too executive driven, not engineering driven -Older, slow-moving culture -Few growth opportunities -Relatively low salaries

4.0
May 28, 2014

Good Company to work for

Recommend
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Pros

- Work life balance - timing - variety of work.

Cons

- un necessary meetings - less technical environment compared to other Product based companies

2.0
May 22, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

There are a lot of smart people and it used to be a good place to get skills with every project you worked on. And to some degree, some of that still happens. But you're mostly on your own for education. It can be found, but it's mostly on your own time. If you're a technical person, there is a path for that and most of the management team is happy to have people that have good quality technical skills. There are some select projects that are still good to be on.

Cons

I also know a lot of smart people who have left the company. Bonuses for the most part are gone. Raises, non-existent. The constant threat of getting caught up in a resource action. A lot of people are often double booked (depending on the project you work on) and those who are smart enough to go, often do when they realize that the peaks and valleys of a project have now just become constant peaks with the expectation that you are available all the time. Customer issues have ballooned because of the sales oriented culture. Just have things to sell, even if it's not ready yet (which often happens).

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